For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for November 02, 2013

All I got was a rock.

When you steal from your kid he develops trust issues

The ironic thing is that mike’s father’s a dentist.;-d

John doesn’t look too girthy to me……….

Makes me wonder how many cavities John will get. lol

THIS is why I had my kids dump it all in one big bowl and share it (with eachother, not ME of course!).

Geez DAD! You have money. Buy your own damn candy.

Bad daddy!

Another Adrian Monk in the making.

If there’s one thing kids can keep track of its Halloween Candy

My kids think the fun is more in the getting than the eating. We end up giving at least half of it away because it’ll sit in the bag until the next Halloween if we don’t.

Not sure they ever did teach him that one. If they did, it didn’t take.

and he’s a dentist? he should be ashamed?

“From YOU, all right? I learned it from YOU!”

Actions speak louder than words. They’re teaching him to steal.

A child with a bag of candy is like a dragon with a horde of gold. They know each piece- at least, my 3 do! And we do tell the kids before-hand we will take taxes, but only a couple things each on the first night, before they’ve catalogued stuff- and not their favourites, of course.

They know the 100 Grands are mine. This year they lucked out and didn’t get any, the sneaks :-)

Sharing is one thing, but taking it out of your kid’s candy bag behind their back is something else altogether . . . it’s called stealing — and no decent parent in their right mind should be teaching their kid(s) that kind of a lesson!

:-(

I just collected my DAD tax on the loot. I also have a Granddad tax when the Grandkids bring their loot over.

Fifth panel: John: “I wish you would show as much concern about your schoolwork as you do to a bag of Halloween candy!”

Does anyone think her words were inappropriate???I flagged that one.