Meditations of Parenting, Love and Raising Great Kids With Ryan Holiday

Episode Highlights With Ryan How he shifted from just talking about stoicism to bringing this into parenting The imbalance in the domestic load that often exists between moms and dads and what he views as paths forward to help balance this Why there aren’t a lot of good parenting books, especially for Dad Modern times expect much more of parents and how this has shifted parenting Why it might be a good thing when kids misbehave or push boundaries and how to handle this in a positive way We don’t really control our kids and even if we can, it isn’t a good idea, so what to do instead The importance of modeling in parenting and especially in communicating values Why parents need to get serious about understanding what our values actually are when it comes to our children The things we can get caught up in thinking are important now with our kids that won’t be important at all in 20 years Balancing protecting our kids with helping them learn to be autonomous Key takeaways from his book that he hopes to leave listeners and readers with Making parenting decisions with the long term goals in mind Resources We Mention The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids by Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday Ryan Holiday The Stoic Virtues Series 2 Books Set The daily dad email signup link Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD