Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 06, 2013

Evie for the win!

That’s the way to do it Evie..

Good to see some old school parenting. Of course, now the legal people will get in and call it abuse…

@Holly(Hand her a stick…) Here! Prepare to defend yourself…-Now it’s a FAIR fight!!

Remind her about who feeds and shelters her, not withstanding pays for all of her necessities like phone, internet, etc.

the first thing that should go is the phone, that would get her attention

No, you can’t without a fight everytime. Let Holly do all the complaining because you won’t give her an allowance anymore, or iron her clothes, or cook what she likes…

Whose kid is this?

Emancipate her, suitcase on front step.

Val has the stripes of her jacket different in the first panel from the following three …

Good for her! People need to learn respect while they’re young. I’m so tired of people not thinking respect for others is good or wanting to teach it to their children. Now it’s all about “me, me, me”. And look where it’s gotten us…

Unplug the phone, change the station whenever she watches TV, don’t do her laundry, and feed everybody at meal time except her and when she complains, reply “You can’t make me.”

yes the only way is to take away the perks!! All my parents could do to me is not let me watch tv

Go, Evie!

Yep, that’s my response too. “You can’t make me pay for your cell phone.” lol

If I get tired of telling my grandson to put up the clean dishes (his only chore), I can get action by threatening to ask his dad to disable his computer. “I’ll have to go to the big guy!”

Good luck Evie.

Best not to start a war with a teen ager. They always win.

I was getting ready to say you go Evie, But then mom has a plan.Bart lots here love to comment about the strip and somome to relay to real life. the Strip is fun to talk about.

My Mom had a saying, ‘I can’t make you do this,but I can make you wish you hadda’.

My oldest daughter tried the “You can’t make me” line when she was about four or five. I just snorted “Hah! I already did!”

By the time she was a teenager she knew better than to try to out-stubborn Dad.

Don’t ever mess with Grandmothers!

When kids are strong willed and say parents can’t make them do anything, then parents should say: “Then you can’t make me give you your allowance, buy you new clothes, or CDs, ipads, and DVDs.”

You can sure take away all privileges. That might make her change her tune!

“… retirement home.”I was wondering when someone was going to bring that up…

Holly is doomed.

If you have the love of devoted parents you are blessed with riches beyond measure. Parents that love you enough to say no. The older you get the smarter your parents are.

Finally, someone with some common sense. Good job, Evie.