Podcast Episodes

Take Their Pain Seriously

We all have some version of this memory: We didn’t feel well. We fell awkwardly on our wrist. We hit our head. We told our parents, but they didn’t b…

2 years, 2 months ago

It’s For Parents Too

Aristotle wrote his famous Nicomachean Ethics for his son, Nicomachus. Seneca was given a philosophy teacher by his father. Cato too, was given the p…

2 years, 2 months ago

There’s Enough To Worry About Already

Being a parent is terrifying. Joan Didion’s famous line, as we talked about recently, is that once you have kids you are never not afraid. We are hos…

2 years, 2 months ago

Can Your Kids Say This?

You are not perfect. Nobody would argue that–least of all your kids. But are you better? Better than you were when they were younger? Better than you…

2 years, 2 months ago

Ryan & Sam On Solving The Problem First

On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad,  Ryan talks with his wife Samantha on the unexpected things in life we can’t prepare for, the anticipation …

2 years, 2 months ago

You Need To Calm Down

Your kids are going to make bad decisions. They are going to do things you disagree with. They may well grow up into someone you don’t understand.

Tha…

2 years, 2 months ago

You’ll Only Hear It If You’re Really Listening

It’s a noisy world out there… and most of us add to the din. We chatter on social media. We chatter on the phone. We chatter over email.

Even as paren…

2 years, 2 months ago

If You Can’t Do That, Do This

Maybe someday, you’ll get there. It’ll probably be too late–your teenager will be grown up, the phase will be over, things will have calmed down. You…

2 years, 2 months ago

This Power Corrupts

It happens so often that you hardly even notice it anymore. Your kids said they weren’t hungry and now of course they are. You told them to go to the…

2 years, 2 months ago

What Do They Think When You Come Home?

Here’s a test of your own childhood: Imagine you’re sitting on the couch watching TV. You’re in the kitchen making a snack. You and a friend are hang…

2 years, 2 months ago