Yard Sign Celebrations
A yard sign installation celebrating a child's first day of third grade (!) prompted us to complain about where this ends (billboards? fireworks?) and why we don't get signs celebrating our achievements.
Sep 01, 2021•12 min
Parenting Roundabout
Join parenting writers Terri Mauro and Catherine Holecko for a weekly look at the things parents are talking about, complaining about, and obsessing about right now.
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What We’re Watching: Making It and CODA
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, we made it to the end of Making It. We congratulate the winner for his very happy-looking shed [ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTILC_UlBwb/ ], and would love to see a season 4 of the show--with a few tweaks. Speaking of beautiful things, we also watched the movie CODA on AppleTV+ [ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460/?ref_=nm_knf_i4 ]. It is a lovely look at a the ordinary life of a teenage girl, played by Emilia Jones, whose parents and brother happe...
Aug 31, 2021•25 min
Wedding Do-Overs
Nicole's ready to rethink it all, Terri wouldn't change a thing (not even the bridesmaids' dresses), and Catherine's somewhere in the middle. If you had a wedding, is there anything you wish you could re-do?
Aug 30, 2021•15 min
Speed-Round Sunday: What's Your Favorite Poem?
Whether you're into hifalutin rhymes, delightful children's verse, or stuff that will make Terri have to dig out the bleep sound effect again, we've got some poetry for you. (The childhood-wall-hanging text Nicole couldn't remember, BTW, isn't really a poem, but maybe a topic for a future episode on parenting judgy-ness: "Children Learn What They Live" [ https://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter02/page104.html ].)
Aug 29, 2021•5 min
Second-Listen Saturday: Hometown Connections
While Terri has lived in New Jersey for many years, she grew up in Thousand Oaks, California, which was hit with two tragedies in one week back in 2018 when we originally recorded this episode. We discussed how connected we are to our hometowns, and how that looks for our kids too.
Aug 28, 2021•19 min
Roundabout Roundup: The Hat Restaurant, iPhone Spotlight, and “You Shine”
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole shouts out The Hat restaurant [ https://www.thehat.com/ ], which helped her time-travel back to her teenage days. Terri discovered a handy new iPhone trick, thanks to Macworld magazine [ https://www.macworld.com/article/353078/spotlight-iphone-ios-15.html ]. And Catherine's enjoying "You Shine," a sweet love song from Carrie the musical (yes, it is based on the horror movie [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BreR8sxaNCA ])....
Aug 27, 2021•8 min
Assigned Seats
We heard a stat saying that two-thirds of people have unofficial assigned seats in their cars, on their couches, and at their dining tables. We thought everyone did this!
Aug 26, 2021•12 min
The Internet Knows Too Much
Yes, we're aware that there's no such thing as privacy online. But how does Facebook know our bra size? And could TikTok be eavesdropping on our family dinners?
Aug 25, 2021•11 min
What We’re Watching: Making It and Veronica Mars Season 4 Wrap-Up
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, we've reached the semi-finals of Making It, and also discovered the makers' post-show Instagram Live events... which are possibly more fun than the show itself?! Mentioned: Blake's recently completed bear sculpture; all the makers on Instagram [visit https://parentingroundabout.com for all links]. We also returned (reluctantly) to Veronica Mars season 4, with the wrap-up episode from the Veronica Mars Investigations podcast. It didn't convince us to h...
Aug 24, 2021•28 min
The Way Weddings Are Now
Now that our kids' generation is starting to get married, we did a little comparing and contrasting. We're pretty glad we never felt the pressure to come up with a wedding hashtag.
Aug 23, 2021•13 min
Speed-Round Sunday: Would You Go Back to School?
Whether for an advanced degree, motivation to finish a project, or a chance for random people to destroy our will to create, we contemplate returning to school. Or, you know, not.
Aug 22, 2021•5 min
Second-Listen Saturday: The World of Work
Time for a career check-in: Nicole is embarking on a new career, Catherine is pondering a switch from freelance to staff work, and Terri just works all. the. time.
Aug 21, 2021•27 min
Roundabout Roundup: Just Add Ice Orchids, Costco Trail Mix, and Dan + Shay “Good Things”
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Catherine shouts out Just Add Ice orchids, because she's been able to keep hers alive (and blooming) for six months now. Nicole welcomes the addition of peanut M&Ms to her family's favorite Costco trail mix. And Terri gives a happy two thumbs' up to Dan + Shay's new album, "Good Things." Mentioned: Interview with Bobby Bones; performing at Bobby's wedding. Visit https://parentingroundabout.com for links.
Aug 20, 2021•6 min
Unexpected Back-to-School Advice
'Tis the season--are you ready? We're here with some hard-earned advice that goes beyond "Don't forget to buy enough pencils." Have you nagged the special-ed office yet? Checked to see if last year's lunchbox still has last year's lunch in it? Signed up for a school photo? We're here with your to-do list.
Aug 19, 2021•13 min
Family Phrases on Repeat
We are nothing if not predictable. If you bugged our homes, here's what you'd hear--over, and over, and over again. The major topics: Pets and meals.
Aug 18, 2021•12 min
What We’re Watching: Making It and Kevin Can F Himself
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2, Making It is back with its usual contrived stories about why these projects are happening. Let's just let the makers make stuff! We also checked out Kevin Can F Himself, starring Annie Murphy (late of Schitt's Creek) as a sitcom housewife who's also living in a bleak drama. It's a high concept that's well done, but requires the viewer to live with a lot of unpleasantness. Mentioned: Pop Culture Happy Hour's discussion of the show [ https://www.npr.org...
Aug 17, 2021•19 min
College in the Olden Days
On this week's Round 1, a Tiktok (of course!) prompted us to look back nostalgically at our university years, in the time before Internet, cell phones, and laptops. You know, back when we used a quill and an inkwell to write our papers.
Aug 16, 2021•14 min
Speed-Round Sunday: Smoothies vs. Shakes
Here's a this or that for you: delicious ice-cream-rich beverage, or something people use to hide spinach and worse? Yeah, Nicole and Terri are all-in for milkshakes. Catherine ... well, we'll stay her friend, we guess, but we're not going to drink anything she gives us.
Aug 15, 2021•5 min
Second-Listen Saturday: Spooky, Scary Childhood Fears
Some childhood fears we've gotten over. Others have stayed with us. You just never know when Jaws is going to come up through the drain of a swimming pool! Mentioned: This 2016 episode on what was scaring us at the time [ https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18923142 ].
Aug 14, 2021•18 min
Roundabout Roundup: Fancy Like Video, Geoscan.show, and Knox Rose Dresses
On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Terri recommends the cheerful "Fancy Like" fan video from Walker Hayes [ https://youtu.be/E08puACaHfY ], which he kindly posted on YouTube for those of us who can't handle TikTok. Nicole's Instagram Minute returns with geoscan.show [ https://www.instagram.com/geoscan.show/ ], a business that puts on drone light shows (so if you liked the one at the Olympics, you might enjoy this account). Catherine's singing the praises of a Knox Rose summer dress from Target [...
Aug 13, 2021•7 min
The Emptying Nest, Take Two
Last year, we fretted about Nicole's impending empty nest [ https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blog/the-emptying-nest ]. And then, she got a one-year reprieve as her daughter stayed home and took her classes online. Now she's leaving, for real, and Nicole's still not ready. Mentioned: You Need a Budget [ https://www.youneedabudget.com/ ].
Aug 12, 2021•15 min
New Ways to Worry About Travel
Nicole's getting ready for her first Covid-era airplane flight, so Terri thoughtfully helps her figure out everything that could go wrong so she can prepare with plenty of pre-emptive worry.
Aug 11, 2021•14 min
What We’re Watching: Schitt’s Creek Sampler
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2: Terri tried Schitt's Creek, a show Catherine has watched in its entirety but Terri had never seen. We selected 5 episodes recommended by IMDB [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvGQh9lwYY8 ]: Season 1/episode 6, “Wine & Roses”; season 2/episode 5, “Bob's Bagels”; season 4/episode 2, “Pregnancy Test”; season 4/episode 6, “Open Mic” (recently inducted into the Extra Hot Great canon [ https://www.extrahotgreat.com/364/ ]); and season 6/episode 5, “The...
Aug 10, 2021•22 min
Free-Time Activities for Adults
Once we're released from parenting obligations like homework supervision, chauffeuring, and attending concerts and games. we find ourselves at loose ends. Is it time to take up knitting?
Aug 09, 2021•15 min
Speed-Round Sunday: Do You Buy Concert T-Shirts?
We've got our piles of past concert souvenirs, sure, but the cost of doing memorabilia business has gotten to us in recent years.
Aug 08, 2021•5 min
Second-Listen Saturday: Yearbooks Past and Present
Do you still have your high school yearbook? We compare and contrast the yearbooks of our day with those of our kids.
Aug 07, 2021•19 min
Roundabout Roundup: Papa Cristo’s, Mush Oatmeal, and Yasso Greek Yogurt Bars
This week’s Roundabout Roundup is a very tasty one. Nicole's shouting out her favorite Greek restaurant in Los Angeles, Papa Cristo's [ https://papacristos.com/ ]. Catherine's also going Greek, with a recommendation for Yasso Greek yogurt bars [ https://yasso.com/products/bars/ ]. And Terri's recommending a breakfast that might look like cat food, and sound like baby food, but tastes pretty darn good: Mush ready-to-eat oats [ https://eatmush.com/products/mush ]....
Aug 06, 2021•8 min
Are You Superstitious?
On today's episode, we're obsessing about whether we're superstitious, whether it's something we learned from our parents, and whether we might be passing it on to our kids. Because really, why tempt fate when it's just as easy not to open that umbrella inside the house?
Aug 04, 2021•13 min
Our Teamwork Dreams
We complain about what it takes to be a team player (and how that works when combined with our rule-following natures) and also about how it's hard to go it alone. You see our dilemma.
Aug 04, 2021•12 min
What We’re Watching: Making It Flashback and Practical Magic
On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2: We failed to realize that Making It would be pre-empted by a little event called the Olympic Games. So we dipped back into season 1 to compare its "All of the Holidays at Once" episode to this season's similarly themed ep. Turns out the reason there's more making and less emoting in season 1 is: There are fewer people. This throws a wrench in our "Don't send anyone home ever!!" proposal. Mentioned: The makers on Instagram; they're all linked on this p...
Aug 03, 2021•25 min
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