The Daily Dad

Try Not to Give Them Anything Extra

Jul 16, 2020

02:32

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Ryan discusses the importance of not burdening your children with your baggage on today's podcast. Breaking the cycle of dysfunction and preventing inherited burdens are explored.

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We must strive to prevent our children from inheriting our issues and dysfunction.

By working on ourselves and seeking therapy, we can minimize the negative impact of our own pain on our children.

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Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction

As fathers, our goal is to not pass on our issues and dysfunction to our children. We must be vigilant in not allowing our demons to find softer targets in our children. We should strive to avoid inflicting more damage or creating new issues. By doing the work on ourselves, going to therapy, and taking steps to be healthy, we can prevent our children from inheriting our burdens.

Breaking the Cycle and Preventing Inherited Burdens

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"We all have issues. We know that. Our goal as fathers, as we’ve said, is to not pass them on. To stop the cycle of dysfunction. It’s a low bar, to be sure, but it's an important one: Don’t let the demons you wrestle with find softer targets in your children."

Ryan describes how important it is not to burden your children with your baggage on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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