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There’s a lot going on in the world, a lot going wrong. There’s so much we’d like to…
There’s always an excuse for why you’re not being the parent you’d like to be, just as there’s…
There is one way to judge, in the end, whether you’ve done this thing right. It’s not based…
As we’ve been discussing, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a master of the fatherly letter. He would finish the…
It’s easy to forget this. It’s easy to give into dissension and conflict and zero-sumness. Especially now. Especially…
It’s exhausting to be a kid. Because they’re clever and creative and you’re not. Because they’re pure and…
What kinds of books do dads like? Well, according to the displays at Barnes & Noble and Costco,…
Sometimes, when parents fall down on the job, it falls to someone else to do the job. The…
It’s easy to think that money is the solution to most of the problems of parenting. After all, we remember our own childhood and the…
The years before the Civil War were rough on Ulysses S. Grant. His army career had ended. He was struggling to make a life for…
It’s so easy to make threats as a dad. If you don’t stop that, I’m going to turn the TV off. If you don’t start…
Falling in love with your spouse is great. Making a lot of money is awesome. Crushing it at work is too. It’s nice to have…
You can sit your kids down to watch what you think is the greatest movie of all time, and they’ll get bored and fall asleep….
Perhaps you’re familiar with the scene in the Bible where Moses—aided by God—parts the Red Sea. It was a miracle of epic proportions that allowed…
There’s a story that occurs constantly in the biographies of many creative and brilliant people. It goes something like this: As a kid they had…
We’ve just launched the Daily Dad podcast! Each day feature’s that morning’s email, read by Ryan Holiday. It’s a great way to get the same…
While there are plenty of books out there for mothers (as there should be), finding books for fathers and non-gender-specific parents isn’t always as easy….
We take care of our own, we say. Family is family. Blood is thicker than water. These are noble sentiments that have encouraged beautiful sacrifice,…
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