Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 28, 2021

I sometimes get the idea that Calvin’s parents and Ned Flanders’s parents follow the same philosophy far as discipline is concerned.

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That’s his mom’s idea of “discipline”? “Come inside”? Sheesh, no wonder Calvin’s a brat.

I wonder what kind of punishment Hobbes will get for his role in this.

The two fighting opponents merged into…..a great club!

That, or because it’s not a school club.

“…better come inside”. Where mom will teach you how to treat girls.

At least “they” knew better than to also treat Mom as a slimy girl!

I’d say something about Black Lives Matter, but rest assured, cops know the conviction is a rare thing, you have to do something really stupid like kneel on someones neck past the point where they are dead, while being videod doing it, to get convicted. Shoot someone instead, then you can argue they were reaching for a gun or some BS

Must you always be a disagreeable spitfire, Calvin?

How tall is his mother? She can’t be anywhere near six feet, even, so his treehouse can’t be much more than five feet off the ground. I always imagine the treehouse is a lot higher than that.

Sent to bed without any supper…

I thought it was Susie Plainwell.

If he knew better than that, he wouldn’t have thrown the mushy apples!

Calvin can go inside and bask in the warm glow of an afternoon’s work well done! :D

At age six, he probably thinks this is “good trouble.”

Some girls are slimy. You’ll learn later that’s what’s so good about them, Calvin.

You know, that sounds a lot like the U.N. Charter justification.

oof

Impressive he has the upper body strength to climb a rope. As for discipline I was born in 1951 and back in 50/60s we were spoiled, never spanked Dr Spock babies.

Why Calvin’s parents even allowed this club to be made…

At least Calvin’s father is only irritated by the boy. My father hated me, really hated and showed it.

Future frat boy? nah. You need to get into a college for that.

As adults, Calvin and Hobbes will probably be sitting side by side in a jail cell, and Calvin will say, “Day-amm, that was fun!”

His Mom’s claim that Calvin knows ‘better than that’ is hilarious.

“You are watching too much TV. Go outside and play.”“You are causing trouble. Come inside.”

Such is the logic of rank behavior modification strategies.

Isn’t stuffed-toy Hobbes (Panels 1, 2) adorable? On a similar note, I dreamt that I found a Hobbes plush at the store last night. Too bad it wasn’t real, or I totally would’ve bought it :)

Later on he’ll be sent back outside to get out from under foot. No wonder kids get confused.

Yep, my brother and I called back to that in this “Calvin and Hobbes” fanfic we wrote… https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13186025/1/Calvin-Gets-Suspended

If Calvin makes it to twenty one it will be a surprise!

And awards are determined by the length of time out?

What a change in Calvin’s attitude will occur in fewer than a dozen years, by which time he will have become one of those “hormones with feet” that we commonly call teenagers.

In my childhood, I followed the 80/20 Rule. 80% of the time I was in trouble for 20% of what I got caught doing.

back in the day, kids were dragged into the basement to wait until dad got home to unleash “discipline”! that was sarcasm by the way.

Down there mom has given the same lot of rotten apples to Susie to avenge. After all she is also a girl. The club charters are in for a surprise down there.

Great until Dad repos the clubhouse…..

This so called “discipline” is actually a reward.