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, 4 months ago
She really DOES know how to work a technicality, doesn’t she?
psychlady said, 4 months ago
She’ll get clean without realizing it.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 4 months ago
Now, Elly will be right when she says the bathroom scale is broken.
lightenup
said, 4 months ago
You have to be really clear with kids on what needs to be done.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Nice idea, wrong place.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Both my kids loved bath time. It was a time that guaranteed us at least an hour’s freedom — with a few peeks into the bathroom, of course, to make sure they were safe. Although the above never happened, I was always prepared to find something “strange” in the tub when the water drained.
keltii said, 4 months ago
My daughter once when she was little couldn’t understand why her Cabbage Patch Baby wasn’t allowed to have a bath too,, so I convinced her that baby was made to guard the door from her brother entering….
Davison77 said, 4 months ago
Rotten brat.
Allan said, 4 months ago
Question – at what age, do you stop bathing your child, because you don’t worry about them drowning?
Elsie Ross said, 4 months ago
I always worry about them trying to step out of the tub and falling!! those bathroom scales are not accurate anyway!!
USN1977 said, 4 months ago
Calvin could hire Elizabeth to take his baths for him!
kaecispop said, 4 months ago
Children ar natural lawyers. Never mind what the rules are, they are always looking for loopholes to allow them to do what they know they should not be doing.
mightaswellbe said, 4 months ago
I had to explain to my son why the shower curtain went INSIDE the tube.
iced tea said, 4 months ago
Bathroom scales need to be washed anyway.
angusdad said, 4 months ago
@iced tea
well they do say that it all water weight