Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for February 17, 2019

oh, how frightening for the preschoolers

Bigger kids always try doing baby toys a different way, to see if it will turn out more interesting. At least Alice made an inverted cone. :D

Poor Beni, conforming to orthodoxy in play.

Just chew on the same furniture parts the dog chewed on, Dill!

Alice has turned into the “Oh No” baby

This is good training for an early exercise in computer programming by recursion: the Tower of Annoy problem.

Last panel is priceless. I miss the genius of Richard Thompson.

Dill, just take a cue from Petey and chew on your arm; property destruction will get you in hot water.

Alice thinks her way not the way they expect her to.

One of the most embarrassing moments in Alice’s four years of life!

Alice can’t handle a simple baby toy! (And “you can’t handle the truth!”)

I brought my grand-nieces (8 and 10) basic needlepoint kits; I did them when I was a kid. For the youngest, so she would feel included, I brought lace-cards: a picture on cardboard with holes around the edges through which to thread a shoelace.

I was stunned (alarmed!) when the 8-yo picked up a lace-card and couldn’t figure it out even when told how to do it. (and they didn’t pick up on the needlepoint, either: short attention spans: should’ve gotten the app).