For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 07, 2012

And when would he have had the chance to do that, Elly? You kept telling him not to interrupt you.

Can’t get an edge in wordwise.

Elly is such a biach! Love the smirk on Michael in the last panel.

Can’t Win!

elly always the brunt of the strip?

The reality of today’s comic strip is just stunning.

“Zip it, Michael!”

NEVER ever ignore a child when they say mom and you are in a public place………you might get more than just a good visit with a friend. Besides, why not just invite the friend to have lunch and take it to the park where the kids can play and you can visit and watch the little ones at the same time.

I love Michael’s look in the next to last panel, kind of like a “there” now ignore me look. lol

Look at Michael’s face in the last panel. He clearly enjoyed being right.

You do need to teach kids not to interrupt- otherwise, everyone will look at you like you’re a monster, because face it- kids don’t interrupt once. They interrupt all.the.time. It’s easy to forget what it’s like if you’re not in the midst of it. In fact, even at the park, it’s unusual to have 5- even 3- minutes in which children aren’t interrupting. Yesterday, I was at a park with just 4 of our 5 kids, and we’d generally get in 2 or 3 sentences before one of us was needed- and then they wanted pushed on the swings (they can swing alone) or shoes done, or pulled up on something or… It’s overwhelming, and I do understand Elly’s wish to talk for what could be 5 minutes (and know to Michael it would seem much longer and to Elly much shorter!).

In our house, interruptions are all rude, and if we accidentally interrupt our children (unless they’re being really naughty of course), we apologise and ask them what they were saying, and tell our other kids not to talk over them. We at least try to respect everyone, though they know some people like teachers get extra attention and respect, because they’re trying to teach us (we show this also)

Everyone is right in that you can’t win, neither as a parent nor as a child. You will always err somewhere!

Forsooth ! How does one find blogs?

The interrupt rule was how we did it. If our son had something important to say , he’d put his hand on our arm. We’d know he needed us without his interrupting a conversation mid-sentence When we finished a sentence, we could ask him what he needed. No rudeness required

Well he did try

As a parent, I know that 90 percent of kid’s interruptions are of the “I want…” variety. As Elly found out, it’s the 10 percent that get you, lol.

As for me, I never understood why women’s pants have a zipper in the front. There is no need for it and it make the stomach look bigger.

Kid is a brat, never seemed to have any respect for hs mother, in most strips. Of course if the parent doesn’t teach it……

Hilarious!!!

The look on Elly’s face when Michael blurted out her predictament is priceless. Look at her friend trying not to laugh.

How can one tactfully tell someone a zipper is undone?How fast are you going?Huh, what?You are wide open!

Or, the barn door is open?

Or maybe let them find it out the hard way. I once informed someone as quietly as I could – and he responded “Only a C—- S— would notice that!” So, maybe it’s best to be silent.

She deserved that.