The Daily Dad

Teach Them That They Decide the End of Every Story

Aug 26, 2020

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In this episode, the podcast discusses the importance of teaching children to face challenges and not shy away from hardship. It shares the story of Vice Admiral James Stockdale as an example of someone who took control of his own narrative. It emphasizes the role fathers play in instilling resilience and the power of choice in shaping one's own story.

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Teach children to embrace challenges and see them as opportunities for growth.

Instill a sense of agency in children and emphasize the importance of their choices in shaping their own narrative.

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Teach your children to see hardship as an opportunity for growth

As dads, it is natural to want to shield our children from hardship and make their lives easier. However, it is important to teach them to see hardship in a different light. Rather than viewing it as a failure or the end of the story, we should encourage them to see it as an opportunity for growth. By teaching them about endurance, patience, resilience, and the value of struggling, we can empower them to embrace challenges and see them as fuel for personal development.

Teach Them That They Decide the End of Every Story

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"As dads, one of the hardest things to think about is our kids experiencing hardship. So maybe we teach them to turn away from the things that are hard, to take the easy way, to forgo difficulty whenever possible. Maybe we teach them to look at hardship as failure, as unfairness, as the end of the story. It just wasn’t meant to be, we might say, there’s nothing you can do about it. What if we taught them—trained them—to see hardship another way, a better way?"

Ryan highlights an example of a Navy pilot who took steps to write the end to his own story in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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