I’ll never understand how so many modern parents will let their children dictate the dinner menu. Our grandparents generation never would have imagined that and would put a stop to the nonsense in no time flat. My kids ate what we gave them and their “option” was to eat or go without. They’ll eat when they get hungry enough!
I’ve been reading this strip for 30 years and I’ve always seen Darryl as being a pretty hands-on dad. This trope of the man of the house being a big sniveling useless child when he’s sick is tired and played out. If that’s where they’re going with this strip, they’re doing a disservice to a good parent character.
Wasn’t the storyline last week that the two gift each other practical items like furnace filters? So now Opal is bellyaching because her practical gift is wrapped in practical wrap? I think Earl gave her just what she desires most: something to complain about.
The mirror image should be reversed. Or else Grandma went around with a shirt with the print reading backwards.