Podcast Episodes

You Won’t Be Able To Get It Out Of Your Head

You weren’t wrong. You did have some experience on the matter. You only wanted what was best for them.

You wanted them to stay in school. You didn’t w…

2 years, 3 months ago

Do They Get To See This Too?

They see you disheveled and groggy. They see you busy and preoccupied. They see you argue with your spouse. They see you burned out after a long week…

2 years, 3 months ago

It’s Just Too Much For Them

The amount of choices we have today is not normal. Certainly, it’s quite new. When you were a kid–which was not that long ago–there were how many cha…

2 years, 3 months ago

This Is Something You Should Do

When they’re young, when they’re asleep, when they’re older, when you’re old, when you’re on vacation, after a big Thanksgiving meal, early in the mo…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On The ability To Handle Frustration

On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad,  Ryan talks with his wife Samantha on being the model for our kids and the ultimate skill on the ability to…

2 years, 3 months ago

Don’t Let Your Curiosity Atrophy

By now, you’ve almost certainly lost count of how many questions you’ve been asked by your kids. From the moment they can talk, that’s what fatherhoo…

2 years, 4 months ago

Are You The Splendid Or The Vile?

In 1940, as Nazi bombs rained down on London, an observer noted the contrasts between the “natural splendor and human vileness.” This idea (which ins…

2 years, 4 months ago

It’ll Come To You Later

In the moment, it seemed like a big deal. In the moment, you just needed them to understand your concerns. In the moment, the phone was ringing. In t…

2 years, 4 months ago

There Are Only Hard Decisions

Wouldn’t it be nice if everything was simple and straightforward? That’s what we’d like the job of a parent to be. We’d like there to be a blueprint …

2 years, 4 months ago

This Is A Very Underrated Skill

There are parents who pay for music lessons so their kids can play an instrument. There are parents who tutor their kids in a foreign language. There…

2 years, 4 months ago