Happy birthday to Nicole's daughter, who just turned 18! Who know that meant she was supposed to be a fully functioning, 100% independent adult overnight? For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

On our entertainment-themed Round 2, it's a missable episode of “The West Wing,” as Josh fails to understand the Internet yet again and the writers fail to live up to the snappy dialogue standards of Aaron Sorkin. On “The Good Place,” you would think a trip to the Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes would be plenty of material for one episode, but you'd be wrong! Next week: "Pandemonium" on “The Good Place” (uh-oh) and "The Dover Test" on “The West Wing” (ho-hum). For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

The latest study on screen time (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190109114811.htm?fbclid=IwAR1vL8wb4YrqbqhkCj9CvqP3-xCIPWqdk1rpPICFTrJAWNpyxf24C93Alz4) and its evils left us sighing and justifying our lack of limits. Since we can't seem to cut back on our own use, it's hardly fair to make our kids go screen-free, is it? Mentioned: teen calls police when dad takes away cell phone (https://bobbybones.iheart.com/content/2019-01-15-teenager-calls-police-on-her-father-after-he-took-away-her-cell-phone/?fbclid=IwAR0PWYqpDB4DTAVkmu18bshilHp31ecdXFiSt3HO7B6_zatxyKc81slPKs8). For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

On the Roundabout Roundup this week: Catherine solved a hair problem (https://www.aveda.com/product/22901/62004/styling/blow-dry-spray/speed-of-light-blow-dry-accelerator-spray#/shade/6.7_fl_oz%2F200_ml) she didn't know she had; Terri found a better way to see a concert (https://www.netflix.com/title/81026251); and Nicole cleaned up with OfferUp (https://offerup.com/) and LetGo (https://us.letgo.com/en). For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

What are parents obsessing about right now? At Nicole's house, it's everything about the going-to-college process, from applying to deciding to (of course) paying for it. For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

Complaining about jury duty is a perennial topic, but we've managed to find a new, parenting-related twist on it. Would you make the same decision Terri's making? (And would you feel guilty if you did?) For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

On our entertainment-themed Round 2, we meet some new characters on “The West Wing” (thanks for the spoiler, opening credits). And on “The Good Place,” it's yet another new place along with a new face (Nicole Byer from Nailed It, http://parentingroundabout.libsyn.com/round-2-one-day-at-a-time-trophy-wife-and-nailed-it). Next week, we'll watch the “West Wing” episode "The Hubbert Peak" and the “Good Place” episode "Chidi Sees the Time-Knife." For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

An incident at Catherine's daughter's high school got us talking about talking: As in, when parents gossip about what's going on at school without knowing what's actually going on. A bad idea? Yes. Kind of fun? Also yes. For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

On this week's Round 5, our shout-outs: Nicole is listening to an Australian true-crime podcast called Teacher's Pet (https://www.theaustralian.com.au/the-teachers-pet); Terri’s listening to her Apple Music "On Repeat" playlist (https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/on-repeat/pl.u-11eABco8A0r), which you can check out if you're on that service; and Catherine recommends the Social Print Studio photo-a-day calendar (https://www.socialprintstudio.com/calendar/), which she discovered via John and Sherry at Young House Love (https://www.younghouselove.com/). It's perfect for downsizing grandparents, as long as they can be ruthless enough to recycle those daily pics. And if you want to make yourself a quote-of-the-day (https://www.facebook.com/pg/parentingroundabout/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1455183314537187) calendar from Parenting Roundabout, we endorse that idea! For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

On today's Round 4, calendars and planners: every parent needs one (or several), and if we could only find the perfect one, everything would just fall into place, right? We do have some specific ideas for all the planner-makers out there. For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.