It appears Elly Patterson told her daughter that adult men are immature like little boys. Even as young as Lizzie is, it would be hard for her not to realize her mother was talking about her father.
The message to Dawn and Lizzie is: You are going to have a boyfriend or marry some man who behaves like a little boy. That’s certainly a standard trope from sitcoms of the 1980s.
As for me, who wants a spouse like that and why would you marry one? I certainly didn’t.
It appears Elly Patterson told her daughter that adult men are immature like little boys. Even as young as Lizzie is, it would be hard for her not to realize her mother was talking about her father.
The message to Dawn and Lizzie is: You are going to have a boyfriend or marry some man who behaves like a little boy. That’s certainly a standard trope from sitcoms of the 1980s.
As for me, who wants a spouse like that and why would you marry one? I certainly didn’t.