For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
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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,
5 months ago
This has to be a boy thing.
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago
ejcapulet
A man’s throne is his…
Greeneyed Texan
said,
5 months ago
No it is that single child syndrome. Hey Joe- how did you get a pic of my little black kitten? That pic is identical to her, always in a sack or under the covers peeping out. Good morning everyone. Have a blessed day.
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago
Mike’s response–“so go already, you didn’t need to wake me up to ask”.
arsmall said, 5 months ago
Yep, my son would hold his until he was at the house…my nephew liked to take all his clothes off to “go”. So put the two together and I agree with ejcapulet…
Macushlalondra
said,
5 months ago
Does he think he can’t use the bathroom at Mike’s house?
soylachicadeayer said, 5 months ago
I think what Greeneyedtxn says it’s true. I’m a single child and I hate to use a bathroom that is not mine
bald 716 said, 5 months ago
my youngest was that way til he was 3 or 4 , he didn’t trust the other restrooms
jestrfyl said, 5 months ago
Home field advantage is one thing - but there is a whole other level of assurance and comfort to home potty advantage.
dar1 said, 5 months ago
My youngest son use to hit all the bathrooms when he was young, no matter where we were. Why? I guess to leave his mark.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago
Lawrence, help yourself to go to the bathroom instead of asking Michael for using the bathroom at the Pattersons’ home. Sigh! :-/
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago
Greeneyedtxn says:
Hey Joe- how did you get a pic of my little black kitten? That pic is identical to her, always in a sack or under the covers peeping out.
This is Smokey, my mother’s “Attack” cat. No stranger was safe around her. She could spit and hiss with the best of them.
marvee
said,
5 months ago
He has surely been to the Patterson bathroom, but middle of the night is a different thing - everything seems strange.
gimmickgenius
said,
5 months ago
I thought these were Canadians. They should say ‘washroom,’ eh?
Joy Norem said, 5 months ago
strange things happen at other eople house late at night i c why he’s scared
Tigger
said,
5 months ago
Must be one of Tom Griswold’s Friends
lightenup said, 5 months ago
The part that gets me is the “Are you awake?” “No”
hee hee
Macushlalondra
said,
5 months ago
gimmickgenius said:
I thought these were Canadians. They should say ‘washroom,’ eh?
Being new to Canada I have learned that they will say washroom rather than restroom in a public place.
RinaFarina said, 5 months ago
As Canadians we use “bathroom” at home and “washroom” in public, generally. We speak an English that has parts from the UK, parts from the US, and parts that are uniquely our own. Then of course there’s French… I usually ask in French for “la toilette”, which seems to work.
Are we assuming he knows where the bathroom is? I wasn’t sure.