Speaking of peer pressure, among the things we've pressured one or the other of us to do this week are get up super-early, tell lies, and figure out something we've done that's worth sharing. But parent-to-parent peer pressure is a topic for another week. Here's a roadmap to what we talked about this time around:
0:32: What's New With You? — As we recorded this, Nicole was a day removed from yet another act of violence in her California community, Catherine was dealing with cross-country-traveling kids, Terri was worried that maybe she accidentally hit the mute button on her mic, and Amanda was coping with non-snowy snow days.
3:46: Peer Pressure — And of course, every day is a good day to worry about other kids pressuring our kids to do stupid and dangerous things. And, come to think of it, our kids pressuring other kids to do stupid and dangerous things. Let's everybody just do what feels safe for you, okay?
17:23: Two Truths and a Lie — Since this podcast drops on April Fool's Day, it seemed like a good time to play some tricks of our own. Each of us took a turn telling two true things about ourselves and one false one, and letting our fellow podcasters guess the fib. Play along at home!
27:01: Interview of the Week — Terri chatted with Robert Rummel Hudson, author of Schuyler's Monster and blogger at Fighting Monsters With Rubber Swords and Support for Special Needs, about those teenage milestones that we both long for our kids with special needs to accomplish and fear deeply that they will. Driver's license, anyone?
39:36: Shameless Self-Promotion — So maybe we don't have anything specific to promote this time around. You should still seek out Amanda's work at understood.org, Catherine's at About.com Family Fitness, Nicole's at The Inclusive Class, and Terri's at Mothers With Attitude. Terri also wants you to check out the West Wing Weekly podcast, if that sounds like your thing, and a quote she loved from a Fortune profile of Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Whiteboards are trouble, y'all.
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.