Parenting Roundabout Parenting Roundabout

Some are morning people, some are night owls, and some do their best work in the middle of the night. We think it's too bad that the early birds run the world. Mentioned: The Start School Later campaign [https://www.startschoollater.net/].

On our entertainment-themed Round 2 this week, both our current watches have us worried about how the season will go. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist seems to be floating away without the weight of Zoey's father's terminal illness. If it's going to be fun and fluffy, it needs to be shorter--and more fun and fluffy. Next: "Zoey's Extraordinary Dreams."

On Veronica Mars, if the season-long mystery is "Who is the Hearst College rapist?", we're not sure we can stick around. We'd rather go back to the charismatically evil Aaron Echolls, who was so central to the two previous seasons. Next: "Wichita Linebacker."

As our kids get older, we have to look at milestones in new ways. What are we looking forward to with our adult and nearly adult children? Mentioned: Last week's family shout-outs [https://www.parentingroundaboutpodcast.com/blog/family-shout-outs]; a milestones discussion from 2016 [https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18923162].

Our case choices at the moment seem to be style over substance, but a big fat protective case can't fit in your pocket.

We go beyond dogshaming.com (Hey, that's Nicole's dog, Missy!) to put others on notice for their shameful behavior.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Catherine discovered the new-to-her suite of Jackbox Games [https://www.jackboxgames.com/]. Nicole invested in a Nordic-Track exercise bike [https://www.nordictrack.com/exercise-bikes/s22i-studio-bike], which she is using to cycle down memory lane. And Terri is virtuously listening to The Bible in a Year, in podcast form [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bible-in-a-year-with-fr-mike-schmitz/id1539568321].