The Daily Stoic - How to Raise Your Kids Like Seneca Did

Episode Date: December 12, 2019

Although we know nearly nothing about Seneca’s family life or how his children turned out, we know at least that he gave good advice. We know that as a wealthy, powerful, and famous man, the deck was stacked against him. These are corrosive, corrupting influences, particularly on children. Yet it was clearly quite important to Seneca to raise a normal kid—and to encourage everyone else to do the same thing. Below is some advice from Seneca on parenting:Spur them to conceive of great things for themselves, but curb them from arrogance.Let them enjoy some comforts of wealth without indulging their every whim.Show them how to get up when they fall—don’t pick them right up.Instruct them, don’t just punish them.Praise them, but not excessively.Allow some relaxation without fostering laziness.Reward them when quiet what was denied them when they cried for it.Expose them to good role models.Seneca understood that parenting is a balancing act. You want your kids to be confident but not obnoxious. To feel special but not entitled. Comfortable but not spoiled. You want them to be happy, but also know how to handle disappointment and rejection. To not have to struggle but know how to overcome. To be self-sufficient, but also know how to be a team player. To be carefree, but also value hard work. For us, that means we must always keep in mind the end goal, not just what will make this moment easier for them or for you. Assess each situation and strike a balance so your kid will too.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living good life. insight, wisdom necessary for living good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystoic.com. How to Raise Your Kids Like Senica Did Though we know nearly nothing about Senica's family life or how his children turned out or how many he had,

we know at least that he gave good advice. We know that as a wealthy, powerful, famous man, the deck was stacked against him. These are corrosive, corrupting influences, particularly on children. Yet it was clearly quite important to Seneca to raise a normal kid and to encourage everyone else to do the same. Here is some advice from Seneca on parenting. He said, we should spur our children to conceive great things of themselves that also curb them from arrogance.

We should let them enjoy the comforts of wealth without indulging their every whim. We have to show them how to get up when they fall, and we can't pick them right up. We must instruct them, not just punish them. We must praise them, but not do so excessively. We must allow them relaxation without fostering laziness and reward them when they are quiet and thoughtful what we previously denied them when they cried for it. And we must, most of all, expose them to good role models.

Sena, understood that parenting is a balancing act. You want your kids to be confident but not obnoxious, to feel special but not entitled, comfortable but not spoiled. You want them to be happy but also know how to handle disappointment and rejection, to not have to struggle but know how to overcome, to be self-sufficient but also know how to be a team player. To be carefree, but also value hard work. For us, that means we must always keep in mind the end goal, not just what will make this moment easier for them and for you. And we must

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