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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legaleagle48 said, 9 months ago
Way to cut that rant short (and make Elly feel about two inches tall in the process)!
bluskies said, 9 months ago
Glorious! Ask and ye shall receive!
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 9 months ago
No kid is an “accident.”
Thirdguy said, 9 months ago
If you listen to Rev. Stark Jones, most of his children were glorious accidents.
NightShade09 said, 9 months ago
This is the kind of incident that you look back on and cherish.
Dha Dha said, 9 months ago
Ha h aha….
Arye Uygur said, 9 months ago
LOL. When Liz is in 2nd or 3rd grade she will learn that a word beginning with a vowel should be preceded by an “an,” not an “a.” Unless they’re starting to teach those things in Kingarten now. I remember when Kindergarten was just playing; Nowadays they’re teaching arithmetic and reading in K.
psychlady said, 9 months ago
I LOVE IT!!
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 9 months ago
Good for you, Lizzie.
You really cut that drama queen down to size!
richardkel said, 9 months ago
God doesn’t have “accidents” when he helps to create a new life.
MrBedlington
said, 9 months ago
My mother use to say ts things like that to me … It has had less then loving effect on me “Why did I ever have kids?” Not a good thing to say to a kid!
SeaFox10 said, 9 months ago
A horrible accident!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 9 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
I loved make up when I was a kid — I still do. I had a friend whose mom worked for Avon. She gave us all her old samples — the best gift ever! When my daughter Katie came along I started to keep all of the make-up I didn’t use so she and her friends could play with it. Interestingly, Katie had little interest in such things and preferred to putter about with her dad in his workshop!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 9 months ago
@richardkel
It is in fact an involved process of the barriers of protection being lowered so that the one spermatozoa can bond with the egg of the woman. Otherwise the foreign cells would be rejected.
oldman2013 said, 9 months ago
I callem oops babies