For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- May 02, 2009
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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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ejcapulet
said,
6 months ago
She needs a few lessons from my mom. There’s a very good reason I always did what she said when she said it.
LucianDragos
said,
6 months ago
i never did that as a kid >_>;;
Northwoodser said, 6 months ago
Testing, testing. Let’s see how far we can go.
bald 716 said, 6 months ago
some kids actually know just how far they can push their parents and still survive
Macushlalondra
said,
6 months ago
Oh yeah we did what Mike’s doing. When they give the order the first time you don’t obey, the second time they are a bit angrier but when they scream, then you obey!
Yukoneric said, 6 months ago
We didn’t have television when I was that age.
JanCinVV
said,
6 months ago
Again, it’s about follow through. You tell the kid to do something and enforce the consequences if he doesn’t do it the FIRST time. You DON’T tell him once, say it again when he doesn’t do it a couple of times then scream at him so he finally gets it done. The change in my own son when I changed methods was amazing, and he was just like Mike.
wagher
said,
6 months ago
Is Veggie Tales that old? If so, I would hate to have the mom turn off that show, her son could have learned from it, as Who else wants kids to mind their parents.
cleokaya
said,
6 months ago
I never started pushing my parents authority until I reached my teens.
krob47 said, 6 months ago
Mike likes his Veggie Tales.
Sternvogel said, 6 months ago
“VeggieTales” made its debut in 1993. This strip is either a new one in the old style or a redrawn classic from about 30 years ago.
The7Sticks said, 6 months ago
Nope, this is one of the original strips from 1980. Perhaps it was this strip that inspired the creator of VeggieTales to go on and create that program. Looks more like “Quisp” and a raddish to me, though.
tesmom87 said, 6 months ago
This strip is from the collection “I’ve Got the One-More-Washload Blues” (p.113) copyright 1981 - DEFINITELY predates “Veggie Tales” - and those veggies are on the original strip!
ewennick said, 6 months ago
Definitely not Veggie Tales. The turnip has a neck. None of the veggies in Veggie Tales has appendages. Not even hands.