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You’ve Got to Live Up to Your Standards

Sep 9, 2020

02:29

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The podcast discusses the importance of keeping promises and demonstrating values through actions, using a heartwarming scene from Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic fiction as an example.

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Living up to our standards means keeping even the smallest promises, as they reflect our ability to keep the big ones.

Teaching by example is crucial in parenting, showing our children that the values we teach are not just words but guidelines we live by.

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Living up to our standards

The podcast highlights the importance of living up to our standards, using a touching scene where a father sacrifices his last bit of hot chocolate for his son as an example. The boy reminds his father of the importance of keeping even the little promises, as they reflect our ability to keep the big ones. The message extends to parenting in general, emphasizing the need to uphold the values we teach our children, especially in challenging times like the current pandemic.

Living up to Your Standards and Keeping Promises

2min

"It’s a touching scene. The father in The Road is giving the last of the hot chocolate they had found to his son. He pretends to make a little for himself, but he’s really giving it all to his son, who is but skin and bones at this point.

But he can’t quite pull it off."

Ryan describes the lesson that a particular scene from Cormac McCarthy's work of post-apocalyptic fiction has for any parent in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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