On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan sits down with writing partner Nils to talk about the work life time management and how to balance their expectations to ensure they can get the most out of the moments they spend with those they love most. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

A little fellow follows you, remember that. The decision to shut down emotionally doesn’t just impact you. The decision to overcommit. The decision to be gone. The decision to hold onto resentments. The decision not to take care of yourself. The decision to hold them to unfair standards, to belittle or to be mean.All of this matters. It matters more than anything.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

You missed them while they were away at school. You want to hang out with them. You want to be an attentive, interested parent. You want to make sure they’re alright–that there isn’t something they need to tell you. Let them decompress. Give them something to eat. Put on some music. Just be there. If you want to talk, maybe share with them something from your day or your life.Let them come to you.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

We want such big things for and from our kids. Because we know what they’re capable of. Because we have worked so hard to provide a better childhood for them than we had. Because we know the mistakes we made in our lives and want them to learn from them–to pick up where we left off. We also know what has served us well, what we are capable of.But the problem with that is this: Our kids are not us. It’s that simple. As much as they are like us in so many ways, they are their own people. They are so different from us.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Think about the life of Randolph Churchill, who we have talked about. Think about the life of Claudia Williams, the daughter of Ted Williams, who we’ve talked about. Think of Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius. These children were privileged in many ways—they had wealthy, powerful parents who gave them access to so many wonderful things.But surely if you’d have asked them, they’d have told you *just how hard it was* to be the child of someone like their parents.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Out in the street, the kids are playing and screaming. They’re throwing balls and sharing toys. It’s noisy and insane, sweet and overwhelming. It’s always been crazy and hard and baffling. Yet people have figured it out, they’ve survived.And so will you.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

On this weekend of episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan shares a compilation of emails that help parents understand the importance of our time with our kids.  ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:DailyDad.com📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

The podcast discusses the importance of valuing character over achievements, using Douglas MacArthur as an example. It explores the significance of life insurance for safeguarding loved ones and reevaluating parental expectations.

The podcast explores the impact of selfishness on relationships and parenting, highlighting the importance of selflessness in personal development. Shaquille O'Neal shares his regret over past selfish behavior, emphasizing the role of humility in maintaining healthy relationships.

The podcast discusses the importance of asking children about daily acts of kindness, focusing on cultivating empathy and values rather than just achievements.