Oct 14, 2016
On this week's group chat, we contemplate the
problem of entitled children, consider how likely we are to
get the whole family around the dinner table, talk once again about
our favorite new sitcom, Speechless, and share some
stuff we've liked and we've made. Here's your road map to the
episode:
5:24 Entitled to Raise Nicer Kids — A Washington Post article about the science of why your child is such an entitled brat got us talking about the ways our kids have come to expect a certain level of rewards, merchandise, and entertainment, and what we can do to get them to cut that out. (Mentioned: An earlier discussion of fancy underwear.)
24:30 Speed Round: Family Dinners — Does anybody even do family dinners anymore? At least one of us does, but kids' activities and spouses' work schedules make it a challenge.
29:38 Parenting Roundabout Roundup — Terri followed up on a podcast-related Round 2 with another pair of Hamilton and West Wing podcasts to recommend, The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast and Wingin It: The West Wing Podcast; Nicole seeks out savings at Retail Me Not and Coupon Sherpa; and Catherine enjoys looking in on other lives on the Save Family Photos Instagram page.
33:19 Interview of the Week: Inclusion on Speechless — We just can't stop talking about ABC's new sitcom about a teen with special needs and his family, and today Terri wanted to ask Nicole, who writes about inclusion at The Inclusive Class, specifically about the way the show is handling inclusive education and what she'd like to see in upcoming episodes.
47:30 Shameless Self-Promotion — Terri has some list ideas for you; Nicole has some exciting news about a SXSW panel; and Catherine has an article about family adventure racing on her VeryWell site.
Thanks as always to Jon Morin 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.