Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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JonnyBGood said, 8 months ago
Good reflexes, parental units!
somebodyshort said, 8 months ago
HAPPY TURKEY DAY
in Canuckistan
Fairportfan2 said, 8 months ago
During campaign season it’s Turkey Day somewhere every day.
templo SUD said, 8 months ago
You can’t be the center of attention forever, Max.
Gator007 said, 8 months ago
At least Max got some luving.
gromitsperson said, 8 months ago
Next line had better be, "Look! Max is smiling at his sister! Max loves his sister! Luci loves her brother!
Imanartisthoney
said, 8 months ago
@gromitsperson
Knowing Max I thought the next line would be Why is Max Smiling, What has he done this time?
Doctor11 said, 8 months ago
It’s not unusual for older siblings to be jealous of the attention that their younger siblings get from the grownups.
lightenup
said, 8 months ago
@Doctor11
True, although in my family, it goes both ways. If we give some attention to the older one, the younger one gets jealous too.
lady lar said, 8 months ago
My 3 year old grandson tried to play “peek a boo” with his new sister by covering her fwith a pillow and sitting on her! Jealous from the get go! But he says he loves her..Sigh.
whmIII said, 8 months ago
Familiarity breeds children, not contempt…
sjsczurek said, 8 months ago
The antidote for Max’s jealousy is to get him to understand that he’s now a big brother.
(And then he’ll have somebody to torment and push around!)
Dr Lou said, 8 months ago
Good reaction but there really isn’t much reason to talk to babies as if they are idiots…remember that they are always learning language and how to use it!
BobBlumenfeld said, 8 months ago
@sjsczurek: I was a “big brother” and I always had to “set an example” for my younger sister. With an escape clause like that, she consequently got away with things I never could.
amaryllis2 said, 8 months ago
That’s why when I see a mom out shopping with a little kid and a baby, I always say to the older one, Are you the big brother/sister? (In a tone conveying that they totally win if they are.) Cool! It’s fun to watch the pride bursting out of them. Then I might glance at the baby too, but the older one comes first. I know from experience that most strangers will coo over the baby and ignore the little kid, and I figure I can even that out a bit for them.