For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 06, 2009

Hey that’s one metric to judge movies by! LOL

nah, only the fifth, I’d say :D

In my day a kissing scene was OK, …as long as he was kissing his horse.

You won’t always feel that way Michael.

I love the way Lynn draws monsters:)

My kids always say a loud “Ewwwwwww!!!” when my husband and I kiss. Although my 6 year old has recently been saying, “You have permission to kiss on the lips.” LOL

It’s obviously a comic about how things used to be. In 2009 there would be no unsupervised kids, and no childrens matinee. It probably would not have been a movie in a theater, it would be two kids on a playstation or wii and the Mom would be checking to make sure they didn’t smuggle in something depraved.

Small town, matinees, kids walked to the movie, no parents once you were 10. 1960’s.

And don’t forget the R rating that movie would get these days. Ellie would have to sit and watch it with them. Husband and I joke around when the content warning comes up on some movie we are about to watch on tv, No nudity? Whats the point? Or, Boobies? Yay!

Susan, where do you go?

@howtheduck

what a stick in the mud, you sure know how to TRY to ruin a very cute comic

I think duckie has made a good point and it invites discussion.

Now, growing up in the 50’s was great. A dime for the movies on a Saturday afternoon, out of parents hair. We all loved it. And we walked a couple of miles by ourselves to get there. If I was 8 I was forced to take my 4 year old sister along. Not a grownup in sight. You can’t do that now a days.

One must always remember these strips were in the ‘70’s right as we were losing our innocence.

Howtheduck:

You must get your holiday cheer from telling everyone how to do it right. Try to relax and enjoy the humor in the comic strip. Lynn didn’t create these strips to be a how-to manual on child-rearing. Remember, the strips are over 20 years old. In the USA there is getting to be a backlash on over protective parenting - maybe it needs to move up north as well.

Susan, thats why I’ll rent a movie. If I like it, I’ll buy it. If I like it, I can watch it as much as I can for free.

There is no WAY in any decade of the last century a 6 year old child was allowed to be all alone in a public setting like this, especially in a city! Such a child would be treated as abandoned by the authorities.

Lynn is treating this comic as if Mike is an adult in a 6 year old’s body.

Major failure of my suspension of disbelief!

howtheduck: I grew up in the 50’s. Scenes like today’s strip were very common. Mom drove us to the movies downtown and dropped us off. When the movie was over, we waited by the furniture store on the corner to be picked up. No problem. I agree that in today’s world this would be foolish and dangerous, but then this comic was originally printed in the early 80’s, more than 25 years ago. Lynn is no longer drawing new strips. She occasionally updates some old ones, but this one isn’t new for 2009.

I understand howtheduck’s concern. However, this could have been a theatre supervised movie where parents drop off their children and pick them up afterwards. Anyone here not familiar with the IKEA children’s playground where there is paid supervision of the children. Parents are given a “tag” when they drop off the children, and it is synonymous with a normal paid day care.

WRT HowTheDuck

But my main point is that the purpose of a comic strip is to focus on the humor. If you can’t do that then don’t read the strip. This isn’t a parenting forum.

Howtheduck: NO. I am going to consider you a troll. You never have much that is positive about this strip, and your parenting advice is not needed.

LOL @ all of you !!!

I enjoyed the strip, it was rather funny how Michael and his friend looked at every scene.