Um.. You DO know that this is just a comic strip, right? No one is in any danger, and “Elly” did not get “lucky”. It’s a drawing. It’s make-believe. There is no 3 year old in the care of an 8 year old.
When my daughter was 20 months old we moved to a new home where I was busy one day installing child safety locks under the sink. She asked what I was doing and I told her. Then she said, “Oh, in case a baby comes over and tries to drink the posion stuff under the sink.” (she was wicked smart…….still is!)
@ Crystalwizard – re yesterday’s comments – thanks, I am aware these are re-runs. I was referring to the troll who was going to just about every comic strip and say “ha, _____ much?” It was getting really irritating.
Elly is the one who needs a spanking….she left her son, who looks no more than 8, in charge of a preschooler!! She should take this lesson to heart, and at least put the cleaner on a higher shelf…this could have been much worse.
My hide-and-seek adventure was not that dramatic, but I remember it well. When I was four or five, I lived next to a girl, Cornelia, who was older and bigger, but we were friends. Once I was over at her house playing hide and seek, and crawled under a bed. Cornelia couldn’t find me, so her mother took over. Finally she came into the bedroom and said something like, “I can’t find her, either! Where could she be?” She went out into the hall and called me. I still didn’t come out. Then she went to her phone, dialed, and said, "Is this the police? I’m calling about a missing little girl . . . " Right away I popped out and yelled, “HERE I AM!” Years later, I realized that she wasn’t really calling the police. She was a smart lady.
A few years back, a story ran in our town about a missing 4-year-old boy. They had the police and almost every resident out searching for him. Then the father of the boy happened to open the door of a cabinet in their home and there was the boy fast asleep. Kids do things a parent could write a novel about.
I couldn’t find one of mine for an hour or so. nothing can be more gut-wrenching.When I found him he didn’t even know he had gone missing. After that I bought my youngest kids dog-tags!
We should also remember that this comic was drawn in another time period. As a kid, I was definitely expected to watch over my little brother outside and I was baby-sitting him at night by age 9. AND, I had better not come home without him or I would have been dead!!! Judging something that was written 30 years ago (when kids still, gasp, walked to school) by today’s standards is simply silly.
For any “readers who are inclined to follow the bad examples that careless people in the arts insist on displaying” one might add that they are a little out of touch with reality if they don’t know the difference between real life and art. FGS don’t ever let them near the “action comics.”
My response to the strip is that it is funny because of Elizabeth’s reaction at the end — while Elly has been frantically searching for her. No, I don’t think it’s at all funny that Michael came home without her, and I said in my post what would have happened to me if I had done that with my own little brother. My response was to all the folks who are (as usual) beating up Elly for everything that happens. It was not unusual to have an 8 year old expected to watch a 3 year old back in that time period. Today folks call CPS (and I know because I was a CPS social worker at that time).
piloti over 12 years ago
Now let the screaming about not kid proofing the house begin.
arye uygur over 12 years ago
The worst place for a child that age to hide: with all the poison cleansers there!
No one answered my question yesterday: When does Mike begin calling his sister “Lizard breath?”
GoBlue over 12 years ago
Um.. You DO know that this is just a comic strip, right? No one is in any danger, and “Elly” did not get “lucky”. It’s a drawing. It’s make-believe. There is no 3 year old in the care of an 8 year old.
psychlady over 12 years ago
Maybe hide and seek needs to be supervised a little better!
jimgamer over 12 years ago
Yes she won !!!!!!!
redarmrest over 12 years ago
I couldn’t agree more.
Tina02 over 12 years ago
When my daughter was 20 months old we moved to a new home where I was busy one day installing child safety locks under the sink. She asked what I was doing and I told her. Then she said, “Oh, in case a baby comes over and tries to drink the posion stuff under the sink.” (she was wicked smart…….still is!)
Allan CB Premium Member over 12 years ago
It COULD be the worst place, but, I’m betting Elly is smarter than that, and keeps the poison in the bathroom or somewhere else.
I Quit over 12 years ago
They do make baby locks for under-sink cupboards. Bleach tastes a lot like water – until they start screaming.
JanLC over 12 years ago
Actually, Elly did spank her children, especially Michael. It was never shown, but the aftermath was – pain & stars radiating from the butt.
Elderflower over 12 years ago
@ Crystalwizard – re yesterday’s comments – thanks, I am aware these are re-runs. I was referring to the troll who was going to just about every comic strip and say “ha, _____ much?” It was getting really irritating.
hcr1985 over 12 years ago
Elly is the one who needs a spanking….she left her son, who looks no more than 8, in charge of a preschooler!! She should take this lesson to heart, and at least put the cleaner on a higher shelf…this could have been much worse.
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
My hide-and-seek adventure was not that dramatic, but I remember it well. When I was four or five, I lived next to a girl, Cornelia, who was older and bigger, but we were friends. Once I was over at her house playing hide and seek, and crawled under a bed. Cornelia couldn’t find me, so her mother took over. Finally she came into the bedroom and said something like, “I can’t find her, either! Where could she be?” She went out into the hall and called me. I still didn’t come out. Then she went to her phone, dialed, and said, "Is this the police? I’m calling about a missing little girl . . . " Right away I popped out and yelled, “HERE I AM!” Years later, I realized that she wasn’t really calling the police. She was a smart lady.
iced tea over 12 years ago
A few years back, a story ran in our town about a missing 4-year-old boy. They had the police and almost every resident out searching for him. Then the father of the boy happened to open the door of a cabinet in their home and there was the boy fast asleep. Kids do things a parent could write a novel about.
pam Miner over 12 years ago
I couldn’t find one of mine for an hour or so. nothing can be more gut-wrenching.When I found him he didn’t even know he had gone missing. After that I bought my youngest kids dog-tags!
lindz.coop Premium Member over 12 years ago
We should also remember that this comic was drawn in another time period. As a kid, I was definitely expected to watch over my little brother outside and I was baby-sitting him at night by age 9. AND, I had better not come home without him or I would have been dead!!! Judging something that was written 30 years ago (when kids still, gasp, walked to school) by today’s standards is simply silly.
For any “readers who are inclined to follow the bad examples that careless people in the arts insist on displaying” one might add that they are a little out of touch with reality if they don’t know the difference between real life and art. FGS don’t ever let them near the “action comics.”
lindz.coop Premium Member over 12 years ago
My response to the strip is that it is funny because of Elizabeth’s reaction at the end — while Elly has been frantically searching for her. No, I don’t think it’s at all funny that Michael came home without her, and I said in my post what would have happened to me if I had done that with my own little brother. My response was to all the folks who are (as usual) beating up Elly for everything that happens. It was not unusual to have an 8 year old expected to watch a 3 year old back in that time period. Today folks call CPS (and I know because I was a CPS social worker at that time).