We swear, we manage to get through this episode on swearing without violating our clean podcast rating, though we have to bleep ourselves plenty. Here's your bleepin' roadmap for this week's chat:

1:55: What's New With You?: And what are you wearing? Most of us made it out of our PJs for this recording, so yay us!

6:19: Topic 1 — Do you swear in front of your kids? Inspired by an article on the Scary Mommy blog, we have a bleepin' good conversation about the topic (and appreciate an article claiming that people who curse are bleepin' smart).

17:32: Topic 2: Powerball! — By now we know we lost, those of us who played. But it's still fun to think about what might have been. Recording studios! Private jets! Homes with the right lighting for video chats!

27:04: Interview of the Week — Terri and Amanda chat with Robert Rummel Hudson about whether and how parents of kids with special needs should write about their kids, which is a bit of a thing at the moment.

38:08: Shameless Self-Promotion — Terri shared a substitution she'd like to make for that "cut and paste to support kids with special needs" meme going around, along with a list of more meaningful things to do; Amanda shared a series of pieces on “How to Say It: Responding When Kids With Learning and Attention Issues Are Frustrated”; Nicole shared her blog www.theinclusiveclass.com; and Catherine shared ideas for Valentine’s Day party activities and activities for the 100th day of school.

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

Are you a purse person? A backpack lugger? The tote bag type? Since the four of us rarely see each other in person, scattered across the country as we are, we don't have a daily chance to check out our bags of choice, so we took this Speed Round opportunity to confess our favorite modes of stuff transportation.

After Amanda told her story last week about meeting Dan Rather in an airport, last week, we thought we'd all tell our tales of seeing stars. Listen to this quick discussion for our brushes with Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, and the cast of Modern Family. 

We didn't quite manage to watch the Golden Globes, though that doesn't keep us from having an opinion on the dresses. (Shoulders back, Kirsten Dunst!) Catherine hasn't quite kept up with her Downton Abbey viewing, but she's finding recaps (from the Fug Girls, Tom and Lorenzo, and the NY Times) at least as much fun  as the actual show. Terri hasn't managed to get to the theater to see the latest Star Wars, but she knows the biggest spoiler about it since Undateable went ahead and blurted it out on Friday's episode. One bit of pop-culture viewing we did take seriously, though, was our Parks and Recreation marathon, which we kicked off with the first and last episodes of Season 1, "Pilot" and "Rock Show," and the first episode of Season 2, "Pawnee Zoo" (the start of which, in the video above, particularly tickled Catherine). If you'd like to watch along with us, for next week we'll be continuing on with the next four Season 2 episodes, "The Stakeout," "Beauty Pageant," "Practice Date," and "Sister City."

After a trip to DisneyWorld, where you can FastPass your way to the front of the line for up to three attractions a day, Amanda reports that coming back to the real world was brutal. Why can't we have FastPasses for all those things we have to wait for in our non-theme-park existence? We imagined all the things we'd like to go to the front of the line for, and you don't have to wait at all to find out -- just press play!

To kick off a new week of Speed Round episodes, we took a cue from an article on Terri's About.com site and planned out some appropriate New Year's resolutions for people and situations we think could use some improvement. Who do you think could use a few resolutions? Add your picks in the comments here or on our Facebook page, or tweet us @RoundAboutChat. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience. And while you're at it, check out our Round 2 entertainment resolutions.)

Don't be fooled by our fabulous new intro music — this is still Parenting Roundabout you're listening to. We've done some format-tweaking for the new year, with a longer group chat that includes some introductory conversation, two topics, an interview with one of our regular contributors, and some shameless self-promotion. Here's your roadmap through this week's episode.

1:38: What's New With You? — We've been doing some traveling this week, and some book writing, and some writing avoidance.

11:42: Topic 1 — Are we the kind of moms who find it easier to spend money on and do nice things for our kids than for ourselves? (Hey, we really wanted socks for Christmas.)

24:15: Topic 2: Current Events — We discuss an article about "aspirational parenting" that got our backs up. Of course, we're not aspiring for our kids to be members of the power elite so much as just make enough money to buy us really nice socks.

39:03: Interview of the Week — Catherine talks with pediatric occupational therapist Meghan Corridan about good educational apps for kids. Find links to the apps and companies Meghan mentioned on her blog, MAC&Toys. The app Catherine recommended is Mathmateer.

51:11: Shameless Self-Promotion — Terri shared articles on questions to ask about your child's lunch and recess on her About.com site; Amanda shared a blog post she wrote for Matan called "Without Exclusion, We Wouldn’t Have to Talk About Inclusion”; Nicole shared a blog post she wrote for Disability.gov, "Not Just One Story of Successful Inclusion"; and Catherine shared an article from her About.com site on how to set family goals for the New Year (or how to drag your family into your New Year’s resolutions so you might actually keep them!).

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

We should be coming to you today with a new full-length group chat, but our best-laid plans of recording after Amanda comes back from a business trip were foiled by flight delays. So Catherine, Nicole, and Terri recorded a speed round with their own bad travel stories in solidarity, and to give you your daily dose of Parenting Roundabout. Listen today to Nicole's terrible Canada-to-California journey, Catherine's father's ingenious way of getting car-rental people to pay attention, and Terri's crisis of career faith aboard a grounded plane, and keep an eye out later today or tomorrow for Episode 101 to finally make its arrival.

The Speed Rounds you've been listening to all week will be replacing Round 3 and 4 as you've known them -- we're tucking those mini-interviews into our group chats starting January 15. So the end of our anniversary week seemed like a good time to look back on our favorite Round 3s, Round 4s, and even Round 2s (which will still be bringing you entertainment chat every Tuesday-ish.) If you want to listen to the full episodes after hearing us chat about them, here are the links:

+ Nicole's favorites: Round 4s by Amanda and her husband Jon; Round 2s on Dancing With the Stars
+ Amanda's favorites: Round 3 on school lunches with Lexi Walters Wright; Round 4 on IEP meetings with Robert Rummel-Hudson
+ Catherine's favorites: Round 4 on Inside Out and Special Needs with Robert Rummel-Hudson; Round 2 on audiobooks and Dancing With the Stars
+ Terri's favorites: Round 3 on kids and commercialization with Lexi Walters Wright (and that Hulk cologne pull-quote); Round 2s on So You Think You Can Dance

(If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

You talk to the same people for fifty to 100 episodes, and you learn things. Even in this speed round, we uncover a surprising height-related fact about one of our members. You might be surprised that however many surprising facts we've learned, we rarely if ever get together in person. See how many of these revelations about our past jobs and colorful vocabulary and musical knowledge and culinary preferences (one of us doesn't even drink coffee!) you've also gleaned from listening to Parenting Roundabout.

On the first Round 2 of the new year, Catherine and Terri look back on which entertainment product they consumed on New Year's Eve, how their DVR clearing is going, and what they've read and watched this week, including:

+ In Your Dreams by Kristan Higgins
+ Call the Midwife (book version) by Jennifer Worth
+ Water for Elephants, both book and movie
+ About Alex (and yes, come to think of it, as we discussed this movie's similarity to The Big Chill, we did accidentally say Phoebe Cates played the young girlfriend in that film when of course it was Meg Tilly. When you're old enough to remember The Big Chill, you're old enough to forget details, apparently.)

We're also plotting a marathon watch, probably of Parks and Recreation (and not Parenting Roundabout, as Terri initially said, although if you'd like to marathon our podcast, go right ahead!), although maybe of the first two seasons of The West Wing. Do you have a preference? Tell us in the comments here or on Facebook, or tweet at us.

If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

When you get into real conversations about parenting, it's easy to sometimes go a little to far and say something that makes you hope your child never, ever listens to your podcasts. Sometimes that's because we've said something that might be hurtful, but more likely for us we've said something that makes us want to throw salt over our shoulders lest we cause the very behavior we're talking about to blossom. So don't tell our kids about this episode, okay? We're going to just sneak it in here.

New for 2016! There's now Parenting Roundabout group chat fun for every day of the week. Tune in at 9 a.m. Monday through Thursday as we answer one quick question. Today we relive some things you should never do on a podcast, including saying things you wouldn't want your spouse to hear, confessing your winter grooming secrets, dissing your customer base, and ... um, wait, what was that ... oh yeah! forgetting your own name.

Woo-hoo! It's our 100th group chat, marking the start of a third year of podcasting for Parenting Roundabout. We took the opportunity to look back on our favorite episodes, play some clips from the past, and then wrap our heads around some numbers in the form of a fun (if somewhat slapdash) quiz. If you'd like to hear more than an excerpt from the episodes we favorited, here's where you can find them:

• Amanda chose Episode 53, "School-Lunch Drama and Scheduling Stress" 
• Catherine chose Episode 88, "Children's Books We Have Loved and Loathed"
• Nicole chose Episode 64, "Uncooperative Parents and Playground Pet Peeves"
• Terri chose Episode 65, "Feeling Anxious About Anxiety"

Throughout the episode, Terri was feverishly working to finish a by-the-numbers quiz on our longest, shortest, most popular, least popular, and otherwise measurable facts about our past episodes. Too many episodes were mentioned to link to here, but you can search the episode titles on this site to find and listen to them. Finally, we shared our 100th set of weekly recommendations: Catherine mentioned her long list of New Year's resolution ideas; Amanda kept with the 100 theme with 100 Activities to Do With Your Child for the 100th Day of School; Nicole added her 100th post on The Inclusive Class; and Terri had suggestions for making New Year’s resolutions for those who need them.

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.)

It's almost a new year, and although Terri still has a hundred or so episodes of 2015 TV languishing on her DVR, it seems like a good time to look forward at the new entertainment we'll consume in 2016. Catherine resolved to try some new TV shows she's heard about but hasn't had a chance to watch yet, Terri resolved to read one of Catherine's book-club books (with sufficient notice), and they both resolved to get a Parks and Recreation binge-watch going ASAP. Listen to find out what other big promises we're making in our last ep of 2015, and join us next year to see if we keep 'em.

[This is an encore presentation of a Parenting Roundabout episode originally released on January 7, 2015. If you listened to it the first time, this is your second chance to follow up on all the resources and ideas mentioned that you just never quite got around to. And if you didn’t listen to it the first time -- hey, it's new to you! Either way, please listen and enjoy.]

This week on Parenting Roundabout, we talked about our New Year's Resolutions -- and whether resolutions are a good way to get yourself going toward a goal or just to make yourself feel like a failure right from the start of the year. Then we looked at some highlights of 2014, including birthday and school milestones for our kids, trips and injuries, and catching a pop-culture wave. For more on New Year's resolutions, follow these links:

• New Year's Resolutions for Family Fitness and Health
• Little Goals Can Be Better Than Big New Year’s Resolutions
• Realistic Resolutions
• Mini-Resolutions for Every Day
• Use New Year's Resolutions to Motivate Your Child
• Make a New Year's Resolution ... for Someone Else.

For other stories mentioned, read about gluten-free Girl Scout cookies on the Mashable blog, follow Terri's dog on Twitter, and meet Catherine's black dogs on Instagram.

It's hard to talk about entertainment this week without addressing the latest Star Wars installment. It's also hard to talk about Star Wars without breaking spoiler protocol. Catherine was one of those first-weekend viewers who now knows the film's secrets, but she tried to keep her review spoiler-free and focused on general enjoyment. After discussing something new, we looked back on older holiday fare that we often revisit this time of year, including Love Actually, Elf, Home Alone, To Grandmother's House We Go, and the "Noel" episode of The West Wing. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, go to parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

With the holiday season in full swing, we wanted to talk about that modern addition to Christmas tradition, the Elf on the Shelf. Where do we stand on that little spy? Catherine and Terri take a pass on shelf-elf wrangling (and really, house decorating of any sort short of the last minute), while Nicole's and Amanda's families have adapted the concept to their own creative purposes.

It's not like "toy elf mover" was ever part of any job description we expected to have in our lives. As we reminisced about old employment for our second topic, however, we found that our past employments have included such duties as crushing rocks, scooping ice cream, editing greeting cards, and memorized the names of every county in the state in alphabetical order. We're just happy to be able to add podcasting to all our resumes.

Finally, we shared our recommendations for the week: Catherine mentioned an article on her site on healthy New Year fun; Amanda revealed the Facebook page for the Yeti on the Shelf, her family's elf-substitute; Nicole liked a Forbes article on preparing your teen for getting a summer job, which it is apparently not to early to get started on; and Terri suggested tweaking your traditions to tailor the holiday experience to your family's needs.

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

Susan Adcox, who writes about grandparenting for About.com, joins us on the third Wednesday of every month to chat with Catherine about grandparenting issues. This time, they spoke about holiday traditions and celebrations, especially adapting them for new circumstances and family members of different faiths. Find out what new traditions Susan is a big fan of, and one she thinks might be a little bit harder for her to get on board with. The book Catherine mentions is Dear Santa, Love Rachel Rosenstein. Happy holidays to all! (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

With Christmas just a certain number of days away that Terri refuses to acknowledge, it seemed like a good time to take a look at some TV and tunes of the season. Combining both those things is Netflix's A Very Murray Christmas, in which Bill Murray and an appropriately random gathering of celebrities put together exactly the kind of offbeat Christmas special you'd expect to be directed by Sofia Coppola. Thanks to the generosity of her podcast-mates, Netflix newbie Terri was able to watch it instead of just listening to Catherine describe it, and they give it two thumbs up, with particular kudos to performances of "Fairytale of New York," "Alone on Christmas Day," and a George Clooney-enhanced "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'." They then moved on for a chat about holiday music in general, what we're hearing on the radio and TV, and what constitutes a "contemporary" Christmas song. (If you're reading this somewhere without hyperlinks, come to http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.)

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.

[This is an encore presentation of a Parenting Roundabout episode originally released on June 10, 2015. If you listened to it the first time, this is your second chance to follow up on all the resources and ideas mentioned that you just never quite got around to. And if you didn’t listen to it the first time -- hey, it's new to you! Either way, please listen and enjoy.]

With a summer full of superheroes and superhero merchandising ahead, Lexi Walters Wright chats with Amanda about the challenge of getting through a supermarket or a Target without accumulating a cart-full of pricey licensed items that really do not have superpowers no matter how much your kid believes. They talk about the lesson kids learn about advertising when the branded stuff disappoints and the financial challenge of finding the name-brand stuff your kid just has to have, and recommend these sites for parents fighting the good fight against licensed everything:

+ Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
+ Commonsense Media
+ Center on Media and Child Health

If you're reading this someplace without hyperlinks, visit http://parentingroundabout.com for the full recap experience.

Since Catherine was busy all weekend watching her daughter's synchronized skating team compete, we thought we'd step away from our screens and consider the entertainment that energetic youngsters put forth on the ice, and the sometimes puzzling choices their coaches make on their behalf when it comes to costumes and music. Can you guess which popular song popped up the most? What a costume for a Casablanca-themed skate would look like? What late-night show inspired a team's theme? Or what carbonated beverage? Listen in for a mom's-eye view of the competition (and watch the video above to see what kind of skating we're talking about -- come to http://parentingroundabout.com to do that if you're reading this somewhere else). 

It’s that time of year when all the people have all the feels all the time, isn’t it? You're extra-busy, it’s dark all the time, it’s cold, maybe your kids are starting to have academic and behavior problems at school. And so you visit your social-media channels for a little dose of good cheer, and instead you get socked all over again. We have a good gripe session about how our social-media interactions affect our moods, how seeing certain topics in our feeds make us sad or angry, how certain friends appear to not know us at all, and how we have to learn again and again to NOT READ THE COMMENTS. (By the way, to all our friends who listen to the podcast, we're not talking about you. No! Of course not! Someone else entirely. You know, that person. Please don't write nasty posts about us.)

Next, we stop grumbling for a minute and celebrate those things we've learned in the process of being parents. Like how to make a competition-approved bun for an ice-skating kid using only our own two hands and a ton of hair gel. Or all the words to every heavy-metal song there is. Or how to score $300 worth of uncut keys and uncoded transponders online. Or who was on which lifeboat of the Titanic. Just like we recently said "Thanks, Podcasting" for a libsyn promotion, we now say "Thanks, Parenting!"

Finally, we share our recommendations for the week. Catherine directs us to her list of active toys for kids and her Round 3 with more suggestions from pediatric OT Meghan Corridan; Amanda thinks we should all go read Pew Research's "Psychological Stress and Social Media Use"; Nicole has a way to prevent that by studying up on ways to hide annoying Facebook posts; and Terri follows up on an earlier podcast with a checklist on when it's time to fire your pediatrician.

Thanks as always to Jon Morin for producing our episodes 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.

In a special Round 4, Nicole Eredics, founder of The Inclusive Class and a member of our weekly Parenting Roundabout group chat, shares her experience yesterday in the vicinity of the shootings in San Bernardino, California. Although her family was thankfully not caught up in the violence, they did have to deal with the lockdowns and the manhunt that accompanied it. We talk about how events unfolded for her family, as well as whether students should have to take tests the day after a for-real lockdown, how we get our news in this age of social media, and how our kids have survived their lockdowns and lockdown drills (and we adults waiting nervously at home too).