Thanks to the pandemic, the tables have turned: Instead of students pleading to be admitted to the colleges of their choice, universities are now scrambling for students. They have some ideas for incentives [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/desperate-for-fall-enrollment-colleges-are-luring-students-with-campus-perks-and-cold-cash/2020/04/22/b6452686-84cd-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html], but so do we.

Catherine's noticing of crafting moms on a skate-team bus made her think of what she'd like to learn how to do, and ask the rest of us for our skill wishes. Music and maintenance are at the top of our list. What's on yours?

We worry about a Time article [http://time.com/4604907/parents-dont-get-how-negative-they-seem-to-their-teenagers/] on the negative spin our kids may be putting on our helpful advice and support. Can we win? No, we cannot.

On this week’s Roundabout Roundup: Nicole's Instagram Minute offers @itsabandoned, a beautifully creepy account showing abandoned places [https://www.instagram.com/itsabandoned/]. Terri suggests Social Tea Biscuits [https://www.amazon.com/Social-Biscuit-12-35-Ounce-Boxes-Pack/dp/B000FA38Z4] for your social isolation dieting needs, and Catherine recommends the optimistically funny book Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas [https://www.amazon.com/Here-Save-Your-America-Essays-ebook/dp/B07RNGV7VH/].

Opinions on what the current lockdown is doing to teens (especially high school seniors) range from "worst tragedy" to "will make a good story one day" to "don't throw them a pity party!" We share ours, which you won't be surprised to find are somewhere in the middle of that spectrum. Mentioned: "Why teens may never be the same after the pandemic" on CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/us/teens-coronavirus-coping-wellness-trnd/index.html]

All this family together time is great. Just great! It's a Norman Rockwell painting up in here every day. (Help!​)

On our entertainment-themed Round 2 this week, Zoey returns with an "Extraordinary Outburst." This translates into rather a lot of yelling, but there's also a lot of singing and dancing. We'll take that as a win. Next: "Zoey's Extraordinary Mother."

Veronica Mars took a turn for the serious this week, with a serial killer lurking in Neptune and Veronica uncovering a years-old switched-at-birth situation in "Silence of the Lamb." Next: "Clash of the Tritons."

Hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to the Great Staying Home of 2020. If we knew then what we knew now, we might have made some changes and some special purchases, big and small. Mentioned: "My coronavirus recovery mistake was watching Tiger King." [https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/opinions/recovering-coronavirus-tiger-king-mistake-dent/index.html]

We debate a bit as to whether today's Would You Rather question on where we'd rather live is about size of abode, freedom from yard work, or sharing walls with strangers. However we frame the question, though, we've got opinions. What would yours be? ​

Reports on early school times for teens and whether it works against their actually, you know, learning things inspired us to chat about sleep patterns — our kids' and our own. Or maybe, in the second case, "lack of sleep" patterns would be more appropriate. (Mentioned: the app Calming Lia.)