Family vacations: where the plans are made to be broken. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam prepare for their upcoming summer trip. They talk about the challenges from past family vacations, how their kids thrive when routines are balanced with a touch of novelty, and the importance of letting go of rigid expectations.

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The exhaustion of parenting is real and understandable. But what's harder to justify is why we assume the worst about our kids.

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They’ve been crazy all day. They haven’t been listening. So what do you do? You get upset.

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We have to encourage their interests, without any thought of whether or not they might be able to profit from it.

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Just putting in the time is not enough. You have to put you in the time.

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When we see other parents say or do something that makes us pity their kids, we shouldn’t judge them—we should judge ourselves.

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Right now, we have the opportunity to teach our children about justice not just through words, but through action. In this solo episode, Ryan opens up about taking his kids to a protest and how that moment became a defining lesson in courage, justice, and civic responsibility. He shares how he talked to them about activism, why it’s not enough to tell our kids what we believe, and how real change starts with the example we set.

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It’s always a special kind of magic watching our kids “find their people,” as we’ve said. But why then, do we as parents, not cultivate this for ourselves?

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