For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston
- July 22, 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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The_JAM said, 4 months ago
Um…yeah, go with that :D
IncredibleWerekitty said, 4 months ago
Well, they do, and different toys.
Boys have the best toys. :(
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago
BINGO!!!!!!
lightenup said, 4 months ago
Cmon, don’t go down that road, Julicans.
Girls and boys are wired differently on the inside too.
Avolunteer said, 4 months ago
Not always. Have a physicist daughter…..
Macushlalondra
said,
4 months ago
Is this gonna turn into “show me yours and I’ll show you mine”?
FishStix said, 4 months ago
Decorations, eh? Then it’s true… the wimmen always get to choose the decorations - and also the next generation. Us guys can only hope for the best…
Allan Claus said, 4 months ago
Boys have exterior plumbing, girls have interior plumbing.
cleokaya
said,
4 months ago
I have a fixation on women’s decorations.
Dry
said,
4 months ago
Decorations? Okay. I guess we can call it that!
Comic-Nut said, 4 months ago
Oh, this is so … going way off track of the theme of the cartoon.
At least, that is how I look at it.
Is there no such thing as gender neutral respect out there?
I know – being a guy – that I am likely predicated towards my “toys” of choice, and that I am just as likely to fall for the feminine wiles worked upon me … BUT I do have the right to choose.
BTW, ever wonder if this cartoon segment was one of the series of that starts Lawrence’s pondering of sexuality.
Not to be “homo-phobic” or to disagree with the research that points towards the idea of the “gay gene”, but in my opinion IF more parents raised their children in a healthy and traditional manner, there might be less inclination for a teen or adult to become gay.
There! I’ve said it. Had anyone else the inclination to make their views known?
Comic-Nut said, 4 months ago
Please note that I said ” – being a guy – ”
NOT being a gay ….
Before someone else decides to add in a response to my note.
Coffee-Turtle
said,
4 months ago
That’s a good way to put it, “decorations”. :-D
imrobert
said,
4 months ago
Sorry Comic. It doesn’t work that way. I’m Gay and have three brothers and they are not. We all just are.
pearlandpeach said, 4 months ago
jfri said it right! you are born which ever way you are…you come pre-wired.
bald 716 said, 4 months ago
at your age kids , don’t worry about the differences, just enjoy being kids
Tigger
said,
4 months ago
Smart Kid, he’s absolutely correct
Stuart Gathman said, 4 months ago
Boys are braindamaged in the womb. Enzymes cut connections between hemispheres. This reduces the ability to multitask, but increases the ability to focus.
RinaFarina said, 4 months ago
I think people have such strong opinions that it reduces the possibility of actually perceiving what is there. For a long time I thought the difference between the sexes was purely cultural, until I heard of some research which actually showed differences between male and female brains. So I had to change my ideas.
But now there is research that shows that a lot of what we thought about the way brains develop is wrong. So I’m just trying to keep an open mind (so to speak).
As to homosexuality, as far as I’m concerned it’s not a matter of opinion. (Reminds me of the old story. “If people voted on whether 2+3=5 or 6, and 90% of the votes gave an answer of 6, would that make it true?”) We just don’t know enough to discuss it in a reasonable manner. I say, just leave people alone to live their lives as long as they aren’t hurting someone.
What bugs me is, I don’t think these issues will be settled before I die - and I’d really love to know how it turns out!!
Sara Gemino said, 4 months ago
Uh, sure. Different decorations. And body. Oh, what the heck. You’re wrong!
lightenup said, 4 months ago
@Avolunteer – I’m not saying girls aren’t smart enough or don’t think logically. I’m just saying they do and see things differently. My daughter loves science (not old enough to choose a profession), but she turns it into something personal where she tells stories and is creative with it. I’m also in a predominantly male field (IT/computers), but I also am more creative than my male co-workers.
4deerinmyyard
said,
4 months ago
Every frequency on the human spectrum is lovely.
krusher2 said, 4 months ago
Love how the question is coming from Lawrence…