How to Be a Great Father

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Ryan Holiday: Don't be so nice that nobody likes confrontation. He says we should like even less, being burned out when we get home. It's a way of standing up for our kids and showing them what good priorities look like. Mainly, they are our priority. Ryan Holiday is the host of the Daily Dad Podcast on BBC Radio 4.

Nobody likes confrontation. Nobody likes having to enforce our boundaries. Nobody likes having to have an awkward conversation with their parents. Or the boss. Or the mechanic who is working on your car.

But you know what we should like even less? Being burned out when we get home. Not having patience or energy left for our kids. Not having a shred of slack left to deal with the inevitable stresses that will occur in the course of picking them up from school, getting them dinner, getting them to bed.

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