Episode 119: Time and Punishment

We're down one regular podcaster this week, as Amanda has no voice to speak of or speak with, but our old friend Katherine Lee, who writes about parenting for verywell.com, kindly stepped in to give us a fourth. Here's a road map to what we talked about for your fast-forwarding convenience:

01:15 Intros and What's New With You — We've been staying up late podcasting and cleaning up after dogs and watching PBS ... and now that we're up and ready to broadcast, we're interrupted by SOS calls from school. But we'll soldier on and chat as best we can.

5:33 School Transitions — One of the things we're chatting about is those transitions that don't get as much attention: the pre-K to K, K to 1st, and elementary to middle school jumps that are probably more meaningful for parents than kids. (Cue up Track 1 on our Cry Playlist if you need to.)

16:14 Spanking — How is spanking still a thing? As Katherine has written, new research is pretty resounding in the conclusion that spanking is both harmful and ineffective. We talk about why the message is not getting through and the things the Internet does to make research look unreliable. (Watch the John Oliver segment Katherine mentions.)

28:24 Interview of the Week — We don't have Amanda in person, but we have her in a prerecorded interview with her husband, Jon, who chats with us once a month on parenting kids with special needs. Today they're talking about time management — who's good at it, who's not, and the balancing of inattention and routine.

38:53 Shameless Self-Promotion — Katherine has articles on the spanking study and how to handle your child’s mistakes that will be up on verywell.com when verywell decides, “Oh, very well”; Terri has gone forth and tumblr'd again, this time with stuff the Internet needs; Nicole reminds us that we can still take her online course on inclusive education; and Catherine shares an article on what not to say to your sports kid.

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.