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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John Pike said, 2 months ago
This is a beautiful moment. And Elle is shown here at her most loving I have seen.
trekman58 said, 2 months ago
Hmm. Better look closely at those “goof bumps” and make sure that they aren’t RED!
Leo Autodidact said, 2 months ago
Which came first, “Lizzie-isms” or “Pasqualian”?
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Although we tried not to talk “baby talk” to the kids, we adored the words they made up themselves.
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Children can come up with some of the most entertaining versions of English one could find.
lightenup
said, 2 months ago
Cute!!
Jo P said, 2 months ago
@Leo Autodidact
FBoFW started in 1979, Liz was a toodler. She talked after 2 or 3 years. So 1983-1984. Rose is rose started in 1984 and Pasquale was already talking in pasqualian at the beginning of the strip. I called it a draw and you?
Slywlf
said, 2 months ago
Priceless ;-)
sbwertz said, 2 months ago
When my little boy sneezed, he wiped his nose on a “hank-achoo”
JanCinLV said, 2 months ago
@Jo P
Actually when FBoFW started in 1979, Lizzie was an infant, not a toddler.
scottjsmith said, 2 months ago
When my oldest was 4 he called helicopters “hopper-choppers”, which I thought was actually a very good term for them!! :-)
aeroernie said, 2 months ago
aeroernie when our daughter was little leftovers for dinner she called reruns
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 2 months ago
@Leo Autodidact
Malaprops.
SUSAN NEWMAN
said, 2 months ago
Why not?
Lizzie has seen her parents “goof” up all the time!
howtheduck said, 2 months ago
@JanCinLV
Actually when FBoFW started in 1979, Lizzie was an infant, not a toddler.
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That’s correct. Lizzie is shown going to Grade One in 1986 and she had her first birthday in 1981, so she would be 4 years old in this comic strip reprinted today from 1984. In spite of her languate difficulties, she is big enough to bath herself and only needs to call her mother to help her when she is done.
ubiquitious said, 2 months ago
Many folk here in the south refer to ‘ants’ as p*** ants. My daughter referred to peanut butter as ‘pee-aunt butter’.