For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
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About For Better or For Worse
Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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Gweedo Murray said, about 1 year ago
That pack is definitely an update.
mcveinot said, about 1 year ago
Mothers never do enough in the eyes of others. I sometimes joke I’m losing my memory but it’s only because I’m so busy remembering everything else for the rest of the family, lol!
westiewest Great-gra... said, about 1 year ago
Amen! But Elly could learn a little organization! She doesn’t have that many children that she can’t have a routine. Rather than rush every day, she might have just a few rushed days. Michael needs to suffer consequences now and then. He’s old enough to have some responsibility in getting ready for school. Maybe Elly does have a routine and this was one of her off days!
GuntotingLiberal said, about 1 year ago
It’s those hormones, Mcveinot. I used to be the memory in my household too. Then I had my baby boy… and now I can’t remember squat.
Silverpearl said, about 1 year ago
Moms get the blame for things kids didn’t do. Happens all the time.
pookid54
said,
about 1 year ago
What they don’t tell you…..that’s not a placenta, it’s part of your brain.
alife said, about 1 year ago
I have A LOT of medical appointments try to set up the night before. So I can go out the door!
Learned that recently too!
Wildmustang1262 said, about 1 year ago
LOLs! I love seeing Michael’s eye rolling up while his mommy kept telling him not to forget anything before he left for school. And also, the last panel, it was so awesome! LOLs!
prasrinivara said, about 1 year ago
To Gweedo Murray:
Kind of like the “update” in the receptionist-hiring strip of the recptionist’s appearance-comparison. Original (1979/1980) was “Cheryl Ladd” where new one was “Shania Twain” (edit: I guess, they may have also gotten “Canadian-content police” trouble about that one, since Cheryl is definitely NOT Canadian).
Dale Garratt
said,
12 months ago
Man, another classic from Lynn Johnston, and this is one of her new ones (the second go-around), right?
HOOT1947 said, 12 months ago
I wonder why kids expect their parents to remember things for them that they need as well as expect them to forget the things they shouldn’t have or do.
Gweedo Murray said, 12 months ago
prasrinivara
Consarn those Canadian content cops !
ANonIMouse said, 12 months ago
I created an account just to post this:
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
http://www.arcamax.com/zits/s-433173-207941