What makes for a memorable college class? Getting to make things? Meeting famous authors? Sitting in a dark room watching slides? The opportunity to memorize a ridiculously lengthy poem? for today's Speed Round, we share some college classes we still remember as special. Which ones still stick in your head? Share on our Facebook page.

From the land of noisy trucks, stalled construction projects, deadlines, and book-completion euphoria we come to you for our weekly chat. Here's a road map to our conversation:

0:48 Intros and What's New With You — Woohoo! Nicole finished her book! Let's pretend it won't be coming back to her soon with changes to deal with and just celebrate her newfound spare time!

4:22 Our Favorite Teachers — In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we call out some educators who have particularly impressed us, both in our ancient days of going to school ourselves and in more recent years as teachers of our children. 

14:10 What We Really Want for Mother's Day — Spreading the appreciation around a little, Sunday is Mother's Day, and we've got some ideas as to what we'd really like to get. But is this anything we can actually tell our families? And would they be able to indulge us in that anyway?

22:06 Interview of the Week — Catherine chats with pediatric OT Meghan Corridan about transitioning kids from school to summer. Have you made your summer bucket list yet?

31:31 Shameless Self-Promotion — Amanda shared an interview she did for the NH Children’s Trust “My Voice Matters” campaign; Terri channeled a comments-inspired tantrum into a blog post on the R-word; Nicole has more ideas on things parents should do before the school year ends; and Catherine has articles on her VeryWell site on having an active summer, keeping bored kids busy, and preventing summer weight gain.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our podcast and for our fun in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Sometimes, it's a project like a chocolate taste test, or a well-thought-out Ellis Island simulation, or a living museum, or something that brings delicious sugar cubes into your home. And sometimes, school projects just ain't that creative. We share some of our favorites, if we can think of any, on today's speed round, and would love to hear what your kids' schools are doing. Comment here, if it works, or on our Facebook page.

An article about a school that visited the consequences of student tardiness onto the parents by making them put in volunteer hours sparked our discussion of whether this is really a good way to either address lateness or get volunteers. Mostly, we're glad we don't live in that district. Do you think this is a good way for schools to improve student behavior? Weigh in on our Facebook page, or tweet us @RoundAboutChat.

It's bad enough getting your child ready to go out the door and to school every morning. Then they have to keep moving that finish line, with delayed openings and early dismissals and half-days and snow days and days with alphabet letters and alternate hours. We gripe about the scheduling creativity that seems to be commonplace these days, while appreciating how useful the extra time is for teachers and wishing there was a high-tech way to get us coordinated.

If such school shenanigans make you nostalgic for your childhood when everybody went to the school at the same time every day, our second topic -- on whether our kids still watch TV or even believe us when we talk about how we used to watch -- will keep you looking back to those olden days when cartoons were only on Saturdays and you had to get up to turn the dial. We chat about your kids' screen habits and our own, and probably get the Love Boat theme stuck in your head too.

Finally, we share our recommendations for the week: Catherine likes a cute new PBS Kids show called Nature Cat, which she reviewed for her site; Amanda wants to point people to the site Angela’s Clues, from Angela Santomero, the educational consultant behind shows like Blue’s Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood; Nicole passes on a guide to finding streaming shows on Netflix; and Terri thinks you might enjoy her Special Needs Christmas Carols.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Each month Meghan Corridan, a pediatric occupational therapist, joins Catherine to share some of what she’s learned from her clients and her own 5-year-old daughter. Now that her daughter is in kindergarten, Meghan is experiencing the joys of homework firsthand, so we talked about how to set the scene and help kids succeed with their at-home work. Find out Meghan’s pro tips for motivating kids and teaching independence (something both moms are still working on with their kids at home). To read more of Meghan’s advice, visit her blog, MAC&Toys, or the site for The Meeting House, where Meghan helps run a supportive after-school program. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, go to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

After reading a list of 21 Cringeworthy Ways Kids Have Embarrassed Their Parents on Buzzfeed, we wanted to hear each other’s most embarrassing stories so we could feel a little better about our own. Nicole shared her daughter's deliberate efforts to embarrass Mom, Amanda recalled her mortification over a child's innocent yet racially insensitive comment, Catherine wished her kids had the sense to lie when she needs them to, and Terri confessed to being more likely to embarrass her kids than the other way around. Beyond that, Amanda and Terri commisserated over their mutual tendency to be embarrassed for other people as well as themselves, and we're all embarrassed by the crummy sound quality of much of this first portion of the podcast.

While sheer humiliation has probably not been the cause, over the years some of us have moved our kids to different schools, or wanted to. How do you know when changing schools is a good idea? We shared our school-switching war stories and road-not-taken regrets before moving on to our weekly recommendations. Catherine celebrated after-school snacks that can double as dinner (so your kids don’t embarrass you by telling everyone you never feed them); Amanda shared her article on Montessori Preschools: What You Need to Know, in case you're thinking of switching to one; Nicole passed on her list of 10 Class Rules for Teachers; and Terri suggested asking yourself five questions before advocating for your child in a way that may embarrass your kid or necessitate a change of schools or both.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episodes, and to Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

It was a week before Labor Day when Terri had a chat with Katherine Lee, who writes about parenting school-aged kids at childparenting.about.com, about getting kids back to school with as little stress as possible. Most kids have made or are in the throes of that transition now, but Katherine's advice for planning, patience, and letting go of perfection can still help you through these rocky times. For more of Katherine's thoughts on a better back-to-school transition, read these articles on her site:
+ 8 Ways to Get Everything Organized for Back to School
+ 7 Things Kids Are Thinking at Back-to-School Time
+ 9 Ways to Help Your Child Beat the Back-to-School Blues
(If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Parents of kids with special needs can get pretty cynical pretty fast -- that's what happens when people sworn to serve your kid break all of their IEP promises without breaking a sweat -- but at the very start of a new school year, it's still possible to imagine that things will go as planned, and nobody will let your kid down, and you won't have to have many many unpleasant meetings with school personnel. Terri chats with Robert Rummel-Hudson about high hopes for this school year, the future that is starting to rise up in front of his daughter, and what it will take to set her successfully on the path to the life she wants. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Each month Meghan Corridan, a pediatric occupational therapist who blogs at MAC&Toys, joins Catherine to share some of what she’s learned from her clients and her own 5-year-old daughter. This time, they talked about making the transition back to school, but we think you’ll find this episode useful even if your kids have already kicked off the year. Meghan has clever advice about how to help kids problem-solve, what to look for at the open house, and even how to create a first day (or first week) tradition. Plus, Meghan and Catherine agree on how best to get your kid to talk about school (hint: you need accomplices). Meghan works with an after-school program called The Meeting House, and you can find more of her BTS advice at TMH’s blog. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, go to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience).

Along with all the shiny new school supplies and stylish new school clothes, every new school year involves a mysterious new teacher, who will either be The Best Thing That Ever Happened for Your Child or The Thing That Dooms Your Child to Academic Failure Forever. So no stress. We chatted about our new-teacher anxiety for this year, remember some wonderful/horrible teachers of the past, and reflect on how good Canadian teachers have it with extra-polite parents.

As much as you hope that your kid gets a teacher that brings out his or her absolute best, we have to confess it's kind of awful when the teacher seems to see a much better version of your child than you ever get to. An article on the parody site Mom News Daily caught our eye this week, and if it had been on Catherine's quiz last week, we don't think we would have guessed that a headline saying "Children Are 800 Percent Worse When Their Mothers Are in the Room" was the fake one. It's funny 'cause it's true, right? We compare notes on our children's annoying-for-mom behaviors and tussle over whether it's okay for teachers to judge parents for such misbehaviors when us moms do a fair amount of teacher-judging ourselves (see: first half of episode).

Finally, we shared our weekly recommendations: Catherine mentioned her new article on "10 Ways to Fix Youth Sports"; Amanda pointed us toward an article titled "Can I Request a Specific Teacher for My Child With Learning and Attention Issues?"; Nicole liked an article on "When to Stand Up for Your Child"; and Terri suggested her series of articles on preparing the school for your child's specific disability.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for editing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

From finding enough options for varied lunches to dealing with kids who only eat one lunch to collecting fairy dewdrops to adorn our Bento Box lunches, Lexi and Amanda are ready to start packing. Packing lunches, that is. Moving from daycare to preschool this year has Lexi in a panic. She talks about the pressure of being the follow-up act to her son's daycare provider's delicious, nutritious hot meals. Amanda's advice is simple: Stop caring. She shares that her daughter ate from the "olive cart" (actually the "a la carte") menu in middle school and is sure the experience of eating only chocolate-chip cookies and churros for three years was good preparation for college life. If you're wondering what to do when your kid only eats sandwich-size pepperoni and superhero CheezIts, we've got advice for you! And, to be fair, we also shared some sound, easy-to-manage recipes from a great Kveller article, "23 Back-to-School Lunch Ideas Your Kids Will Actually Eat." (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Now that you’re all transitioned into and adjusted to the summer routine, surprise! Time to transition back to school. We started our group chat by lamenting all the disruption ahead of us -- kids moving out, kids refusing to enter uninviting middle-school buildings, parents jostling for backpacks, the need to call and harrass special-education administrators daily, and our desire for a more comprehensive Amazon Prime service that would eliminate that kind of hassle from our lives.

After such a stressful topic, we took it easy with a fun parenting quiz devised by Catherine to stump the rest of us. We were asked to identify whether a particular parenting quote was from an actual parenting "expert" or a humor site, and later to identify which title in a list of parenting books came out of Catherine's head. Congratulations to Nicole for getting a perfect score in our first test period. Terri and Amanda look forward to getting our revenge in future contests.

Finally, we shared our recommendations. Nicole pointed us toward a post on her website on "10 Ways to Teach Social Skills in Your Classroom"; Amanda also touted her own work, an Understood.org post on "How to Avoid Being Overprotective of Your Child"; Catherine passed on the names of her sources for the humorous selections of her quiz, Los Feliz Daycare, the Onion's After Birth section, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency; and Terri suggested following her list of entertainment Tweeters so you too can follow television critics at the TCAs.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristen Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

It's everybody's favorite summertime activity: homework! Or maybe everybody's summertime misery. If your kids aren't just raring to read, write, and do 'rithmetic, you'll need some strategies for dragging those young brains through their summer assignments. For this week's Round 4, Terri chatted with Charlie Zegers, who writes about sports and also about parenting kids on the autism spectrum, about the summer-homework situation for kids both with and without special needs, how parents can organize that work to keep everyone on track and out of last-minute panic, and what accommodations you might want to ask for to keep summer homework from ruining your summer. For more on the topic, read tips on homework help, math worksheets, and reading routines on Terri's Parenting Special Needs site. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

You'd like to think that once the school has some success with your child with special needs, that success will be heartily adopted and built upon and made a permanent fact of your child's life. Yet too often what you get is individual support rather than institutional support, and things change year to year and school to school in heartbreaking ways. Terri chatted with Robert Rummel-Hudson, author of Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter and blogger at Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords and Support for Special Needs, about how much we value the people who get it and do everything they can, and how frustrating it is to start every year wondering if such an individual will be part of our child's program or whether he or she will be at the mercy of educators who feel that kids with special needs are Not Their Job. We talk about the way options get limited for learners with special needs in the most seemingly well-meaning way; how fear of failure translates into never getting to try; the need for inclusion to involve expectations as well as environment; and the value of homework as a sign that someone, somewhere is trying to educate your kid. For more on the subject, read Rob's post "The Faith of Monkeys," and if you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

With weather getting warmer, school rules about flip-flops and spaghetti straps and short-shorts are getting parents' attention, and so we started our chat with a look at how kids dress at school and how much we ought to care. Is the right to wear crop tops and miniskirts a legitimate feminist concern? Could shorts bans force boys to wear pants in the dead of winter? And what exactly would you have to Google to find an eighth-grade dance dress that is not excessively skin-baring?

Dress codes and uniform policies tend to get people up in arms, but of course, arms get up pretty easily these days in an online culture of over-the-top shaming snark. We talked about the ways that Amanda is, according to commenters, single-handedly ruining the Internet; Nicole's extremely polite way of rousing rabble; Catherine's policy of never writing anything people could care enough about to get angry; and Terri's plan to issue everybody a reality-check buddy to prevent postings you'll regret later.

Finally, we made our (non-snarky, completely upbeat) suggestions for the week: Catherine likes the Sports section on Understood.org; Amanda directed us to a dad's opinion on dress codes on the Scary Mommy blog; Nicole thinks everybody should study up on essential Facebook etiquette; and Terri recommended a book she recently blurbed, Going Solo While Raising Children with Disabilities by Laura Marshak, who was a co-author of an earlier book she liked, Married with Special-Needs Children. Plus, we all think you need to follow @SavedYouAClick and @HuffPoSpoilers on Twitter, though sadly @AvoidComments is no longer active.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Are you ready for the summer? We're not so much ready for the summer as ready for the school year to END. In an early-morning podcast recording that had us saying "energy up!" on a regular basis, we talked about end-of-the-school-year field trips, end-of-the-school-year burnout, and end-of-the-school year exams upon exams that have Nicole ready for her daughter to graduate the University of Middle School. While we're light on actual constructive advice, do listen in to find out how to make it look like you didn't really sign all those lines of the reading log in one sitting.

Of course, once you have that glorious TGIthe-end-of-school moment, you have to figure out what to do with your kid during those structure-free months. We talked about camps both exciting (tall ships!) and not (typing camp!), the hopeful pursuit of a modest minimum-wage McJob, educational and sports programs for serious summertime progress, and the dreadful prospect of no structure when kids and parents must have it to function.

Finally, we shared our recommendations for the week: Catherine wants to keep you moving with her articles "How to Stop a Fitness Backslide" and "Have an Active Summer"; Amanda thinks you should look at that IEP (eek!) over the summer with her article "Reinforcing IEP Goals Over the Summer"; Nicole suggests checking www.summercamps.com for lots of fun summer camp options; and Terri commisserates with your end-of-year woes with "10 Things to Hate About the End of the School Year" and your routine-and-structure needs with "Camp Mom" and "DIY ESY."

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

An earlier podcast on schools grading parents led to this week's discussion of whether schools should even be grading students. Are grades a needlessly judgmental and limiting system for assessing student progress? Do we really need stiff standards and the teaching-to-the-test that goes with them? Is there some more free-form and holistic way to help young minds thrive? Or does every uplifting possibility have a downside? We talk about some of the options and variations, and dream of things that might work if there was unlimited time, money, and ability.

From grading students, we move on to grading those activities we involve our kids in to try to round them out, like figure skating and dance classes and marching band and social-skills group and guitar lessons. Which activities have we felt to be worth the trouble, and which do we regret? Sometimes, as it turns out, those are the same activity. We talked about such discouraging factors as cost, time, age-inappropriateness, and overabundance of bric-a-brac.

Finally, we made our recommendations for the week: Catherine mentioned two stories on her site relevant to the activities topic, "Youth Sports Leagues: Questions to Ask Before You Sign Up" and "The Best Kids' Sports Facility Ever"; Amanda had two on her site relative to the grading topic, "Checklist: Know Your Child’s Strengths" and "Recognizing Your Child’s Strengths and Weaknesses"; Nicole shared her new obsession with the app Periscope; and Terri invited everyone to check out the collection of quotes from these podcasts on Facebook and Pinterest, because we are a meme machine.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Remember the story that was going around Facebook about a young athlete with special needs whose mom bought him a varsity letter jacket and whose school made him stop wearing it? Amanda had a chat with Charlie Zegers, who writes about sports and also about parenting kids on the autism spectrum, on whether buying a kid a letter to honor participation on a non-varsity team is something parents ought to be doing, however well-meaning and understandable such an effort may be. They talked about the meritocracy of sports, what a varsity letter signifies, how appropriating such a symbol may stir bad feelings along with good ones, and why there may also be unintended consequences to extending eligibility so that students in special education who get to high school a little older than their peers and stay longer can keep playing.

How do you feel about using a varsity letter as kind of an A for effort? Share your opinion in the comments, and if you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience. (And if you share Amanda's very basic level of sports understanding, listen to Garfunkel and Oates's "Sports Go Sports" right along with her.)

A story about a school district that rated parents for their level of cooperativeness got us thinking where we'd fall on that 1 to 3 scale, and whether we'd feel bad if our kids' school gave us a U for "Ugh, it's That Mom" or wear it as a badge of honor. We discussed our various phases of accommodating and unaccommodating behavior, whether "cooperative" should really mean the same thing as "willing to do whatever school personnel want," and the importance of finding administrators who are willing to budge themselves out of their own uncooperative rut.

From schools rating parents, we turned to parents rating each other, as happens so often on the playground and the schoolyard. Using "the types of moms you see on the playground" articles from Cafe Mom and Huffington Post as our guidebook, we identified our own particular types, the types we steer clear from, and a few types we'd add to the list, including "Know-It-All Mom," "Playground Spy Mom," "Grouchy Mom," and "Nobody Wants to Talk to Her ‘Cause She’s a Pain Mom."

Finally, we shared our recommendations for the week: Catherine identified with an article on The Mid entitled "The 9 Circles of Youth Sports Hell"; Amanda mentioned an article she just wrote for Undertood.org, based on recent vacation experience, on "9 Tips for Taking Kids With Sensory Processing Issues to Theme Parks"; Nicole directed you to Meetup.com to find groups going on in your area (including, perhaps, a group of like-minded playground moms); and Terri invited you to take a quiz to determine your own level of advocacy orneriness and read some tips on starting your own playgroup and having a happy time at the playground.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Involving special-education students in IEP meetings is an important step along the road to self-advocacy, but one which parents may reasonably feel carries the risk of detonating a landmine. Terri chatted with Robert Rummel-Hudson, author of Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter and blogger at Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords and Support for Special Needs, about that treacherous transition; how his daughter, Schuyler, now 15, is handling it; and how he's handling including her in an often hurtful and antagonistic process. We considered the power of a kid handing over an iPad with a question to be asked; our suspicions that the barrage of test scores that opens an IEP meeting is just there to break parents down; and how really lousy it must feel to sit in a room where people are saying things about you that you don't understand but that don't sound good. For more on IEP meetings, read Robert's recent blog post on IEPs and meet the players in Terri's IEP team article.

What's your IEP experience like? Add your opinion in the comments. And if you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, please come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

For this week's podcast, our friend Kathy Ceceri subbed in for Amanda, who was busy at SXSWedu, for a chat on standardized testing, pushing your kid, and all those things schools and parents are doing wrong. And since it's Friday the 13th, our recording was unluckily haunted by a variety of unwanted sounds, including answering-machine messages and my son talking to his computer. But no dogs barking! Catherine's dogs outsourced the disturbances.

As for the part of the podcast we really do want you to listen to, we discussed those all-too-frequent standardized tests, the anxiety they cause for kids, the complications of opting out, and what value standardized evaluations have for non-standardized kids. Next, we chatted about the various ways parents try to motivate kids to do well, if not on standardized tests then on report cards and in college and in life. We considered the merits of bribing, rewarding, pushing, and letting kids set their own goals and hoping for the best. Of course, if your child's future path isn't clear to you, it's not so easy to know which way to push or pull.

Finally, we made our recommendations for the week: Catherine shared a post on Alphamom about the difference between rewards and bribes and her own post on helping kids compete to excel rather than compete to beat; Kathy mentioned a Cognoscenti post on why it might not really matter what college your child goes to that got some attention on her All About Homeschooling Facebook page; Nicole said you really should be listening to the Inclusive Class podcast, which has enough episodes waiting in the archives to last you quite a while; and Terri suggested some questions to ask about standardized tests, an article that takes Dancing With the Stars way too seriously, and an interview with a regular watch by Linda Holmes on NPR's Monkey See blog.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Judging from articles like "Why Cafeteria Food Is Best" -- in which nutritionist Jane Brody shares with NY Times readers the studies saying parent-packed lunches are full of unhealthy cookies and chips and other stuff kids enjoy eating -- and the comments for said article -- in which parents declare that so-called "healthy" cafeteria food is unattractive, unpalatable, and uneaten -- there’s a war going on in America’s lunchrooms. We discussed our different views on the subject and whether what kids eat for lunch is even that big of a deal; mentioned programs in which parents try to make that cafeteria food more appealing; laughed over the idea that schools would let IEP-advocatin' parents like Terri and Amanda through the doors with knives, even if it was to cut fruit; and worried about what Wellness Committees would think of what we feed our kids.

Then we moved on to one of the reasons parents might not pack a delicious nutritiuos lunch -- it's hard enough to find time to toss some Ho-Hos in a sack, y'all. We talked about juggling activities, homework, cars, and business obligations, and looked back at how our own parents did or maybe didn't do it.

Finally, we shared some articles of interest. Catherine offered a quartet of lunch-related links: "How to Improve Kids' School Lunches," "How to Pack Healthy School Lunches," "How to Start a School Wellness Committee," and a review of the book Lunch Wars: How to Start a School Food Revolution. Amanda recommended the cookbook The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine, with ideas for hiding vegetables so your kids will never recognize them. Nicole had some homework resources to recommend, and Terri also offered up some "Homework Help for Kids with Special Needs" and precautions to take "Before You Help with Homework" to make sure you're not giving all the wrong answers.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episode and Kristin Eredics for our happy in-and-out music. (If you're reading this description somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

Parents, stop acting like children with life-threatening food allergies are just making it up to inconvenience you. It’s not that hard to accommodate kids, and why wouldn’t you? Join About.com parenting experts Terri Mauro (specialchildren.about.com), Catherine Holecko (familyfitness.about.com), Katherine Lee (childparenting.about.com), and Jill Castle (foodallergies.about.com) as we look at the ongoing struggles in getting people to take serious food allergies seriously.

Is Zero Tolerance an appropriate policy for schools to follow, or just a way for grown-ups in charge to get out of having to make tough decisions and take responsibility for them? Join About.com parenting experts Terri Mauro (specialchildren.about.com), Catherine Holecko (familyfitness.about.com), Lisa Jo Rudy (autism.about.com), and Amanda Morin (kidsactivities.about.com) as we look at the pros and cons of black-and-white thinking. Find out more about this topic and the articles mentioned on the podcast on our Facebook page.