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There Are Only Hard Decisions

Sep 19, 2023

03:16

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The podcast discusses the challenge of making hard parenting decisions and compares parenting to the presidency. It highlights the importance of pragmatism and mentions the Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge.

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Parenting involves making tough decisions and choosing between the lesser of two evils, just like in life.

Pragmatism and realism are key in handling difficult challenges and being prepared to make hard decisions in parenting.

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Parenting is about making the best of bad situations

Parenting, like life, often involves making tough decisions and choosing between the lesser of two evils. It is not always simple or straightforward, and there is no blueprint that guarantees success. Just as the toughest problems land on the desk of the president, parents often find themselves faced with difficult challenges. Marcus Aurelius reminds us that we cannot expect life to be perfect; we live in the real world where there are only hard decisions. However, by being pragmatic and realistic, we can be prepared to handle these challenges.

The Challenge of Making Hard Parenting Decisions

3min

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 that laid out exactly what we have to do and when we have to do it in order to guarantee that all our parental i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed.

Of course, life isn’t remotely like that.

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