Parenting Roundabout

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, it's parties everywhere. The Shrinking gang, in the episode titled "Apology Tour," deals with post-party consequences (and still manages to have another party by the end of the ep). Next: S1 E8, "Boop."Various Walkers are of course partying in various ways in "Three Parties," an episode that felt like treading water in many ways--but with artichoke-themed cocktails. Next: S1 E19, "Game Night."

A roundup of the best shampoo subscriptions got us talking about all the things we'd like to see delivered regularly to our doorsteps, from the practical (kitty litter) to the treat-yoself (Diet Dr Pepper and beauty products). Mentioned: Overnight Oats, Blackout Coffee Co., Black Rifle Coffee, Grounds and Hounds Coffee, Ipsy.

On Speed-Round Sunday, we share a mini episode from our past for your weekend listening pleasure.Attention, app developers: We have some ideas for you, because we need help scheduling, nagging, and shopping. Mentioned: Mom-matchmaking app Peanut.

On Second-Listen Saturday, we share moments from past episodes for your weekend listening pleasure. This discussion is from July 2019 (and it's a coincidence that it's our second Walker Hayes mention this week. What can we say--we've got a superfan in our midst).Inspired by "Don't Let Her," a sweet song from Walker Hayes, we obsess over all those details and quirks about our kids (and pets) that are important, but known only to us.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, It's Terri's turn for an Instagram Minute: She's passing along a recommendation from her ENT (hi, Dr. Lee from Summit Health) for The Dumb Dads on Instagram. Nicole is taking manicures into her own hands with a gel nail polish kit, and Catherine suggests a book called This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.​Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music, which you hear on every episode.

There will always be some family issues that we want to keep within the immediate family, or maybe we want to keep from the kids just a little longer. On today's episode, we obsessed about what and how and when and why (or why not) to spill to our kids as they get older, when it's OK to lie to protect them, and whether that even works.

A report on a study of helicopter parenting, which you'd think we would be cheering, somehow gave us fodder for complaints: One of us isn't buying it, and another thinks its definition of helicoptering might be wrong. (And speaking of Substacks, the report is on Bruce Feiler's newsletter, which was recommended by Asha Dornfest's, Parent of Adults).

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, Shrinking managed to out-cringe Brothers and Sisters (not easy), thanks to terrible decisions by just about everyone. It's no wonder that next week's episode, S1 E7, is called "Apology Tour."There were still bad decisions on Brothers and Sisters, of course--finally, Senator McCallister puts a foot wrong--along with some bad writing, just for fun. Next: S1 E18, "Three Parties." The Walkers do love a party!

A cute video claiming to use AI to help sell Walker Hayes's home got us talking about what we'd like to put up for sale, and how we could use the latest tech tools to help close the deal.

On Speed-Round Sunday, we share a mini episode from our past for your weekend listening pleasure.From fantastic memory to nerves of steel, we celebrate the qualities we admire in our kids.

On Second-Listen Saturday, we share moments from past episodes for your weekend listening pleasure. This discussion is from June 2019.An unwelcome visit from a live frog got Nicole thinking about setting boundaries and making rules. She has some complaints about what happens when your adult kids are your roommates. ​

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, Catherine's snacking on flavorful, virtuous crackers from 2s Company, while Nicole's laughing with the ladies of the I've Had It podcast and Terri's enjoying Substack newsletters from Alan Sepinwall and the Fug Girls (also mentioned: R. Eric Thomas's newsletter, which is non-Substack, but still very fun).​Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music, which you hear on every episode.

A Wall Street Journal article about parents ghostwriting their kids' texts got us obsessing: Our ghostwriting services extend well beyond texts. We are professionals!

Whether it's due to a generation gap or a kid's need to "figure it out" themselves, we can complain about plenty of occasions when we just don't understand what our kids are doing. And we don't think we're alone.

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, the Shrinking folks are doing things they can't face, or at least trying to, while the Walkers, on Brothers and Sisters, are facing the fact that there's another one of them (and making some truly bad decisions about her). Next: Shrinking S1E6, "Imposter Syndrome," and Brothers and Sisters S1 E 17, "All in the Family."

Inspired by TikTok, we chatted about what activities our families like to share, starting with watching TikToks together.

On Speed-Round Sunday, we share a mini episode from our past for your weekend listening pleasure.Find out which one of us bans coffee for kids and teens, and which one fed it to her young child by accident.

On Second-Listen Saturday, we share moments from past episodes for your weekend listening pleasure. This discussion is from July 2019.After reading yet another article about how parents only have 18 summers with their kids (they show up every year), we respond with a hearty "So what?" We can come up with at least 18 things about summer with kids that we're glad to be done with.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup, Nicole's fortifying her home with a heavy-duty door security bar from Brinks. Terri is keeping tabs on her health with her very own home blood pressure monitor, and Catherine's soothing them both with a pretty tune from singer-songwriter Claire Kelly called "The Land that Time Forgot."Thanks as always to Jon Morin for our fun in-and-out music, which you hear on every episode.

On today's episode, we obsess about the news that Marie Kondo has backtracked a bit on her tidiness crusade (and of course, has written a new book about it). Mentioned: Silk long underwear, tea organizer.