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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Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
He was thinking about mom opening the door, not staying at a friends.
Jenn said, 4 months ago
The beginning of the ‘latch-key kid’, of which I was a member. ;)
psychlady said, 4 months ago
Yeah, Right!!
rshive said, 4 months ago
Or so we thought!
Jean said, 4 months ago
they should have talked about this before she went to work,on a “just in case” type of thing. Since I was a single mom my kids all knew to go to a neighbors house until I got home, which was only about 10 minutes after they did. The oldest also had a key to the house “just in case”.
Mai Griffin said, 4 months ago
@
Yet another ad – is the artist related to you?
MaiG said, 3 minutes ago
@Debbie Jordan
As c.davies asked earlier
@Debbie Jordan
Are you being paid for these ads?
steve_l said, 4 months ago
I bet she’s pretty angry with him now.
Sadly, if a child goes to the wrong neighbor’s house, that child is never seen again.
lightenup
said, 4 months ago
@steve_l
That’s pretty dramatic. By the same “reasoning”, he could be snatched from the front yard as he’s waiting for his mom.
jackdohany
said, 4 months ago
Time to get the kid his own house key!
icky mudd said, 4 months ago
Ah,common sense,where have you gone?
Dad,should have taught him basic survival skills,and reasoning.
Yah,this should have been discussed before,at a family meet.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 4 months ago
Lessee—Lawrence’s mom is probably in bed with Ted, so Michael wouldn’t be welcome there.
And Gordo’s parents are both drunks, so Mike wouldn’t be welcome there, either.
Seems he has no other choice but to freeze in front of his own house!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
We gave Aaron a key to the house, hoping he wouldn’t lose it. He did. The key was as much of a concern to him as his glasses, which he hated to wear. He lost them, he broke them, and he left them at home. The frustration his glasses caused was part of the reason why they never appeared in the strip! When he was finally old enough for contacts, he was overjoyed. Now that I too have to wear glasses, I can see how hard it was for an active, conservative kid to accept them.
Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago
He could’ve gone to Connie’s couldn’t he? Or Mrs. B (I can’t remember her name). Don’t they live close?
Senex said, 4 months ago
@
You are not making any friends for your comic by spammig every other comic.
And, BTW, you did not even make your link clickable.
oldman2013 said, 4 months ago
duh