Episode Details

Meditations of Parenting, Love and Raising Great Kids With Ryan Holiday

Episode 657 Published 2 years, 10 months ago

Episode Highlights With Ryan

How he shifted from just talking about stoicism to bringing this into parenting
The imbalance in the domestic load that often exists between moms and dads and what he views as paths forward to help balance this
Why there aren’t a lot of good parenting books, especially for Dad
Modern times expect much more of parents and how this has shifted parenting
Why it might be a good thing when kids misbehave or push boundaries and how to handle this in a positive way
We don’t really control our kids and even if we can, it isn’t a good idea, so what to do instead
The importance of modeling in parenting and especially in communicating values
Why parents need to get serious about understanding what our values actually are when it comes to our children
The things we can get caught up in thinking are important now with our kids that won’t be important at all in 20 years
Balancing protecting our kids with helping them learn to be autonomous
Key takeaways from his book that he hopes to leave listeners and readers with
Making parenting decisions with the long term goals in mind

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