{"id":5984,"date":"2024-02-11T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2024-02-11T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T15:55:13","slug":"the-compass-that-guides-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydad.com\/the-compass-that-guides-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Compass That Guides Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It would be wonderful if someone could tell you exactly what to do in every situation and how to do it. How do we synthesize, translate, organize all the parenting strategies out there? All the research? All the advice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no Rosetta Stone for parenting, as you quickly realized. There\u2019s no one thing that unlocks it all. But funny enough, the Stoics do provide us with something equally ancient that can serve us as parents, that can guide us in most every situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are <a href=\"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/4-stoic-virtues\/?utm_source=sendfox&amp;utm_medium=sendfox&amp;utm_campaign=these-four-things\">\u200bthe Cardinal Virtues\u200b<\/a>, which Zeno laid down in the 3rd Century B.C. as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Courage <br>Discipline <br>Justice <br>Wisdom<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the cardinal points on a compass\u2014named in a nod to the virtues\u2014these ideals guide us. They guide us through the sleepless nights. They guide us during the arguments. They guide us through the uncomfortable conversations. When our temper is tested, when our values and ethics are tested. When we have to make big decisions. When it all doesn\u2019t go according to plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need these virtues and we need to teach these virtues to our children. Their life\u2026and the future hinges on it. So memorize these four virtues. Act on them. Live them. Parent by them. And keep them close to your heart always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>P.S. To help you keep the Four Virtues in mind and to carry them around like a compass, we created the <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.dailystoic.com\/products\/four-virtues-medallion\">\u200b<em><strong>the Four Virtues Medallion<\/strong><\/em>\u200b<\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.filekitcdn.com\/e\/ahPSZpJm9A2c8MtxQeTj4Z\/7Y6mf3JWpMtJ55n4fGuxuG\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.dailystoic.com\/products\/four-virtues-medallion\"><\/a><em><strong>The front of <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.dailystoic.com\/products\/four-virtues-medallion\">\u200b<em><strong>the Four Virtues Medallion<\/strong><\/em>\u200b<\/a><em><strong> features a custom-designed seal with four elements representing the Four Virtues: a lion (Courage), a man sprinkling water into a jug of wine (Temperance), a set of scales (Justice), and an owl (Wisdom). 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