Comments (25) (Please sign in to comment)

1. 

   hsawlrae said, 11 months ago

   So, quitcherbellyachin’
2. 

   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 11 months ago

   Question:
   If Michael is getting an allowance, then WHY does he have to do difficult yard work in order to buy roller skates?
   There’s some inconsistency, here.
3. 

   gmartin997 said, 11 months ago

   It’s like this: an allowance is a weekly stipend for day-to-day expenses, not payment for services rendered.. Buying the skates is like buying a car, but instead of applying for a loan Mikey must have a second source of income. .
   I, myself, was never given an allowance, per se. I was given money for expenses as they occured. For anything else I might have wanted, I had to earn the money myself. You’d be surprised what great toys a kid could find in the trash bin behind a 5&10cent store.
4. 

   FrankenAaronStein said, 11 months ago

   If’n it were me, I’m give him a hug. Those are priceless.
5. 

   psychlady said, 11 months ago

   From the mouths of babes…
6. 

   P Partridge said, 11 months ago

   @

   He doesn’t represent them. Just to avoid any political argument myself, the obvious reason this wasn’t to represent them is that this strip was originally printed long before that whole movement began
7. 

   sjsczurek said, 11 months ago

   @

   If you think that, then you neither know nor understand the 99%.
8. 

   Nancy said, 11 months ago

   I am familiar with this scenario… buy one kid a treat, buy them all a treat – or chaos will ensue!
9. 

   lightenup said, 11 months ago

   I agree with this. I have long taught my kids that things aren’t always “fair”. There will be plenty of times that one will get something and the other will not. It will all even out at some point when the other will get something and the first will not. My kids totally understand, and are fine with it
   Plus if Michael gets an allowance, he should be able to buy his own toys, except for birthdays and Christmas. Deal with it, Michael, your life isn’t over.
10. 

    oldman2013 said, 11 months ago

    what you see is what you get
11. 

    Violet Bay said, 11 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    One of my eleven year old god-son’s house chores is yard work and pulling weeds; I’ve done this, yes it’s annoying but not all that hard. Plus with all kids, money burns a hole in their pocket.
12. 

    howtheduck said, 11 months ago

    Michael is recognizing the inequity in gift-giving to Elizabeth versus what he gets. Not to spoiler this too much, but 8 years will pass before we get a comic strip featuring Elizabeth complaining about her allowance. Parents do play favorites as any kid who is older and not the baby of the family can attest. The way Lynn Johnston played this tells the story pretty clearly. Elly hems and haws her answer with lots of guilty excuses, while Lizzie cuts right to the point with a big smile on her face. She knows she’s the baby and she’s the favorite.
13. 

    legaleagle48 said, 11 months ago

    @howtheduck

    To say nothing of the fact that it’s a bit of payback for all the times that Michael has lorded being the older sibling over her — such as when he gets to go shopping for new school supplies and she doesn’t!
14. 

    Wolfdreamer250 said, 11 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    Because he, like most kids, and face it adults, spends his money as fast as he earns it, so the only way he can get his skates is by earning more money. Plus, as a kid, you don’t want to save up your allowance for something you want, you want it now as fast as you can get it.
15. 

    Night-Gaunt49 said, 11 months ago

    @

    Uh, no he is just a child. You are a pest—-begone foulness.

    
    

    Lynn’s Notes:
    To be completely fair at all times is an impossible task! Even if you do manage to think of everyone, the kids themselves will invent an inequality and you’re stumped again!
16. Load the rest of the comments (10).