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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Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago
Is the kid a diabetic?
ejcapulet
said,
5 months ago
Or constipated?
LittleYipScream said, 5 months ago
or perverted?
xemox said, 5 months ago
wierd
Rahmat M Samik-Ibrahim said, 5 months ago
complicated=i can not clean my backplane by myself.
DWSNJ said, 5 months ago
one needs to recall the Lawrence story line (I won’t spoil it)
lightenup said, 5 months ago
Oh, come on. I think he just wants to do #2 in the comfort of his own home, or Rahmat may be right. I know several parents who have little ones who refused to go in the potty at school and would hold it all day to do it at home. I also know kids who were totally potty trained doing #1, but would only do #2 in a diaper, so I can only imagine what they were like a few years older.
Paul Jones said, 5 months ago
I just hope he asks Elly if she can walk him home to do his number twos. There’s something about an unaccompanied minor wandering around late at night that scares and sickens me.
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago
Lawrence, why do you have to complicate something so simple?!
Macushlalondra
said,
5 months ago
Some people dislike having to do #2 in a public restroom and Lawrence may feel this is the same thing, since it’s not “his” bathroom. My husband’s like this. Maybe they feel embarrassed to stink up a room people other than family members must use.
arsmall said, 5 months ago
Yeah, just like our conversation from yesterday….he needs to “use it” at home…
bald 716 said, 5 months ago
if he can only use his own bathroom at home he’ll never be able to take a long road trip
aleisha1112 said, 5 months ago
One of my two sons and my husband can’t do #2 in a public restroom. My son always waits until evening when I am trying to get the boys into the bath or put them down for bed.
idwiz123 said, 5 months ago
Another good reason to NEVER let any friends stay over… and to NEVER let your kid stay over anywhere…..
pookid54
said,
5 months ago
This is such a krappy subject
Carmy
said,
5 months ago
@ pookid, you got that right!
KJUW89 said, 5 months ago
DWSNJ: The original story line may be part of Lawrence’s issue, but I had a different thought. The author is making some adjustments this time through, so maybe Lawrence has some kind of intestinal disease, like Crohn’s or UC. These diseases still cause a lot of shame, especially for kids.
Dypak
said,
5 months ago
No offense to anyone but you need help if you can’t use a public restroom to relieve yourself. Do you plan your whole life around where you can empty your bowels? At Army basic training (of course this was 30 years ago) they didnt even have stalls, just four toilets in a row facing the row of sinks. You could wave at yourself in the mirror on the john while the other guys were shaving. You either get over it and go our you explode.
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On another note I used to know this big Airborne Ranger, Special Forces type guy. He couldnt pee standing up. His mother had beat it so deep into his head that he had to sit down that the poor guy was unable to perform. Just goes to show the horrible things parents can do to their children.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago
Oh! For Pete’s sake, Lawrence, quit worrying about #1 and #2, just go using their bathroom at the Patterson’s home. Why did you stay at Michael’s home for overnight? Therefore, you can allow to use their bathroom to relief yourself before you go bed. sighhhh!
Shikamoo
said,
5 months ago
Have some sympathy for Lawrence. Who know what kids think? They just need understanding and gentle guidance.
I hope this isn’t related to the future story line DWSNJ.
My imagination scares me about the possible implications.
hookedoncomics said, 5 months ago
Have some sympathy for the kid. He probably never stayed anywhere else, and is only used to using his toilet. This wouldn’t have been a problem if he was sitted for at home. All Mom’s fault for trying to have a life. LOL
Comic-Nut said, 5 months ago
I remember the Lawrence story line….
So I understand.
I don’t like, but I understand.
Wolfdreamer250 said, 5 months ago
I sympathis with Lawrence. He is approximately 7 or 8. At that age I absolutely hated the idea of doing number 2 outside of my house. I remember a few times having to go after lunch and waiting till school was over and rushing home to not go to the school bathrooms. At friends houses were the same. Their homes always smelled different and they had weird stuff everywhere, so I didn’t feel comfortable going there.
As to Lawrence storyline. He is in lower elementary school, that would not come into being until at least five to eight years. Geez.