Dan Martell - Having kids vs being a parent

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There is a massive difference between having kids and being a parent. I think the coolest thing about parenting is understanding you have the opportunity to actually clear all the baggage, decide to actually be a parent, not just have kids, and then create a future for your kids that is completely different than the one you experienced.

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00:00:00.000 you spend more time trying to figure out what vacation you should go on than how you're a

00:00:03.780 better parent. Most people go to school, train, develop, work, have goals around their profession,

00:00:09.660 and yet they have kids and they become a parent and they think parenting just happens. You will

00:00:13.880 literally research more what fucking resort you want to stay at than how you are as a parent. 1.00

00:00:19.100 You think that you're just like coming to this world as a fully developed fucking know-how parent? 0.99

00:00:23.960 No, I will tell you what you're going to do. You're going to propagate all the fucking wounds 1.00

00:00:27.160 that got dumped on you by your parents, 1.00

00:00:29.040 you're literally gonna keep them moving forward.

00:00:31.000 I think the coolest thing about parenting

00:00:32.800 is understanding you have the opportunity

00:00:34.620 to actually clear all the baggage,

00:00:37.080 decide to actually be a parent, not just have kids,

00:00:39.940 and then create a future for your kids 1.00

00:00:42.520 that's completely different than the bullshit you experienced. 0.99

00:00:45.460 There is a massive difference 1.00

00:00:47.140 between having kids and being a parent.

Dan Martell - September 21, 2025

Having kids vs being a parent

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