Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for November 27, 2022

Darryl has an office job that pays overtime. Had office jobs with lots of overtime, but no extra pay.

I always wondered why parents spent so much money on elaborate experiences for their kids—who are too young to retain the memories. They must do it for themselves. It probably feels good, seeing the kids having good times.

Money well wasted.

To be fair, those adventures took place over 2 decades ago and long before Wren was born.

Didn’t make a lasting impression on the kids I guess!

Oh how soon they forget!. Probably from adventure overload. n twenty plus years they’ll likely recall the time and the fun they had. At 72 I remember going to Disneyland and Knottsberry Farm back in 1966.

I was born in1959, early 60’s when dad had vacations, we went to Story Book Forrest, toured thru Hershey’s (when they still did that) Sault Sainte Marie to see the Soo locks. I vaguely remember those places. Thank goodness for pictures, though not the same.

lmao .. well.. still money well spent.

Was that vacation shown in this comic?

“The best part was staying at the Cowboy Monkey Band Hotel!”? Is that how Wren came about??

I can remember the good times I spent with my parents

I vaguely remember a family trip to Washington DC when I was 5. What do I remember the strongest? Watching a squirrel hop across the lawn at the White House. Sheesh!

“Parents, amiright?”

“Well, whatta ya gonna do?”

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Ah yes, parents living vicariously through their kids.

Funny. The way I remember it, they waited in line to get into the park for half the morning, only for it to start pouring rain when they got to the ticket booth.

Children want the excitement of the flashy parks etc.. But the things they remember the most are the times you spent making a tent in the living room on a rainy day, roasting hot dogs on an open fire while camping, playing monopoly. Excitement is fleeting. Emotional memories are forever.

If they have great memories of being with the kids, that’s what really counts…..

“Cowboy Monkey Band” hasn’t been mentioned in a long time. As I recall, Zoe was obsessed with it for a quite a while. As a parent, it was a very realistic story line as many recall childhood obsessions.

But we did it for the kids.

Isn’t that usually the case?

Wait, what? Is that a real thing?

Wow, that took me down memory lane. LOL If I recall correctly, Zoe threw up, too.

mom always cherished the memory of our visit to disney world and having a bird crap on her. i have no recollection of that trip whatsoever…

Just have Zoe look at the pictures of fun.

Mommy always said “We took you. I remember going with your father and someone in a stroller.”

From their facial expressions in the penultimate panel, I’m wondering if they took no such trip, but are trying to implant memories in the kids’ minds of an extravaganza based on pictures of something much more modest.

Yes, Parents take them to those places just to see their joy knowing they probably won’t remember. Amazingly my sons remembered a few family trips such as Sea World from the time when they were 8 and 9 years old. They did not remember Disneyland – they hadn’t started school yet. They definitely remembered Universal Studio and Magic Moutain in Valencia – those crazy rides and the were older – preteens. So I would suggest waiting until they are older before spending the money.

infantile amnesia

Childhood amnesia, also called infantile amnesia, is the inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) before the age of two to four years, as well as the period before the age of ten of which some older adults retain fewer memories than might otherwise be expected given the passage of time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_amnesia

Haha! XD

And yet, Darryl can’t stand the Cowboy Monkey Band.

I thought it rained the one time they went there.