Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for July 15, 2017

Seems like Shannon is a 20-kid powerhouse.

Whoa~!! Six Panels~!!

Her strength is as the strength of 20.

While I am excited that Puddles is still alive, I do wonder whose thong it is that adorns Puddle’s face.

She’s classic ADHD. I’d know – People in my family have ADD/ADHD. Wonder how she does at school…is she capable of sitting down in one place? Pay attention? Answer to the questions asked rather than what she wants the answers to be…etc. She is the student the teachers immediately call the parents to put them on medicine. My son did not really need medicine until he was 12 due to that he was unable to focus. He was restless and unfocused but was not a distraction to the class. He did not like the effects of the medicine so he went off it around age 16. Never went back on it. My grandson also has it – more ADD as hyperactivity is not evident. Hopefully her ADHD will be addressed at some point. Luann probably sees some Shannons in her kidscare class and ask around.

Thongs as skimpy as the one on puddles are barely enough to make an exotic dancer legal. I’m almost surprised that Luann has one. She hasn’t really exhibited all that much libido, but perhaps she has her fantasies.

In the 50s and 60s some sort of corrective action would have been applied to Shannon. Additionally, her father’s lack of consideration would also have been addressed.

I see that Shannon has stumbled across Mr. DeGroot’s underwear collection.

Six images of Shannon. This must be a cartoonist’s answer to water boarding.

We have a new winner- Most Obnoxious Character in the history of this strip. Completely unamusing. Not one single moment of childlike cuteness. Weird.

I wonder if Shannon has any friends. Ruthie is bossy, but not like this.

OK – Maybe half an hour for this stuff. After that – TV – coloring book – puzzles… Shannon can’t be allowed to run everybody ragged until bedtime. The big moment of truth will be when Shannon yells, “I’m bored.” Time to explain to Shannon that she is not the center of the universe.

By Luann’s admission, Shannon is like having 20 of Luann’s Kidz First kids.

Someone seriously needs to teach that kid to keep out of other people’s things unless she asks first. Rooting through drawers like she owns the place has become a habit of hers, and it should be nipped in the bud.And whose thong is that anyway? Because it can’t possibly be Luann’s.

“20 Kid Pile-Up”

“Ladies And Tangents”

“A Question Marks The Spot”

“The Indianapolis 500 Thoughts”

“Out Of One, So …Many! "

“E Pluribus Uno…Dos…Tres…Quatro…Cinco……Seis…..”

“Lights! Camera!….Ooh, Is That A Nickel?”

“A Penny For Your Thoughts Would Cause Inflation”

“Weary, The People”

“Who?, What?, Where, ‘Why Me?’….And, How?”

“Take A Load Off, Shannon….” (♪)

“Kid Dynamo” (♬)

“Vigor, And Vimeo”

“She’s Got Watts And Watts Of Power”

“She’s A Wreckin’, Wreckin’, Wreckin’- …Wreckin’ Mach-iiiiine….” (♪)

“Watching Tons, In The Distract Of ‘Carumba!’ "

“Waiting On Calgon, To Pick Me Up And Take Me To The Airport”

“For Sure, And 20 Kids Ago….”

or

“Assume The Inquisition”

Yhanks to Shannon she’ve had a week of Luann. But as a number of this weeks strips end with Luann wearing a frowny face I wonder if she will reconsider a career as a teacher.. or a mother.

A bratty kid like that needs to be paddled, but good

The strips with the 20 kids’ from Kidz First interacting among themselves and with Luann and Tiffany are much more appealing than the ones with Shannon’s being her annoying and bossy self, and all the adult’s letting her get away with it. Since Team Evans apparently wants to concentrate on kids again, they should use that Day Care setting rather than bringing Shannon on board.

Snails in melted butter are quite tasty.

If the point of these last two weeks has been to make the readers want Shannon to become a permanent part of the DeGroot family, it hasn’t worked.

As a teacher for 40 years, I would say this is less ADHD (though she may have it) and more a sign of what happens to kids who are neglected by their parents, or in her case, parent. She wants and needs attention from HER DAD. As a reaction to her Dad not being there, she seeks attention from everyone else around her.

Is that a thong on Pru’s head?

Send her to a local day camp. All towns have them and are not expensive. They wear the kids out swimming and playing running games outside. They learn social skills and make friends.

Whose drawer (drawers) do you suppose Shannon is rummaging through? Pretty skimpy underwear in there. Neither one of these adult characters have been portrayed as overly sexualized. But then Luann HAS shown a bit of a wild streak lately. Woohoo!

Why is Pru helping out anyway? She’s not obligated here…

Panel 2: “I’m gonna be a vegetarian….”Panel 3: “What do snails taste like?”That sure didn’t last long.

Shannon’s problem is there are no adults in her life that will say “no” to her. Everyone we’ve seen thus far has catered to her varied and ever-changing whims. Her dad, Brad, Toni, T.J., Luann, and Pru are all just her playthings at this point; not a one of them is giving her what she needs, though.

Time for a visit to the pediatrician. Some medication might help, if they don’t over-medicate.

Hey Luann!! It’s Story-time!! Tell Shannon a Story!!! She just Loooooooves Stories!!!

And You’re in Luck! I just happen to have a large selection of “Children’s” Books on hand!

Here, start with Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Followed by Golding’s “Lord of the Flies!”

And Tomorrow, You can read Her, Stephen King’s “It!”

And Puddles LIVES! That’s good … but for how long??!!

Any guesses as to how long the time span was in Panels 3A, 3B, and 3C?? … I’m sayin’ three seconds tops!!!!

She is a little girl with a powerful active mind. Many parents and doctors want to tranquilize that mind instead of developing it. Trying to make all kid into a cookie cutter class.

“Identified patient” is a term used in a clinical setting to describe the person in a dysfunctional family who has been unconsciously selected to act out the family’s inner conflicts as a diversion. This person, often a child, is “the split-off carrier of a breakdown in the entire family system,” which may be a transgenerational disturbance or trauma.

Shannon is Greg’s imaginary paper puppet. Diagnose his motivations on display, as he speaks his feelings through this cast of characters. Is his outlook positive or negative? “Real” is not an acceptable answer.

No more Shannon, ever. Please.

MY son had ADHD or has it as an adult but is totally mainstream now, in fact is in a very responsible management position as a large community swim program with leagues and everything, and he supervises 30 people. Nonchalantly told me he had to fire somebody the other day. My Son! There are so many people who have this and other learning disabilities. but for the love and care of parents, and good, thoughtful, careful professionals can become the most competent adults there can be. Many millionaires, and not a few billionaires had these kinds of diagnosis, or should have. Rather than characterize them as brats, or needing corporal punishment, or other Stone Age corrective actions, maybe a more intelligent and loving attitude toward children would mean we would have more intelligent, successful, and loving adults. Sorry I am preaching, but I can’t help it on this subject, or when people are just being totally bigoted. Bleeding heart social progressive disease I guess (lol).

I heard Chris DeBurgh’s “Lady in Red” on the radio at the time, so I colored the miniscule undergarment appropriately. A few minutes later, Neil Diamond was singing. Thong sung blue just didn’t do it for me.

Time to put the mini-beast in a cage!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG, YOU’RE KILLING ME!!!! THAT KID PUT UNDERWEAR ON PIDDLES!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH1

I recently put up a post about family dynamics. Capricorn9th asked me to talk about it in layman’s English, so here goes: It’s something we were taught back when I was doing a fellowship. Essentially, parents drag in a kid who is acting like Shannon. This kid is the “Identified Patient.” We’d put a team together and do a series of intense therapies on the entire family, bringing in as many family members as necessary, including parents, grandparents and any other family member that might have influence on the kid. Bottom line is that there are many people impacting the kid’s behavior, and the kid is acting the way he/she is in response to problems the entire family has. The older members of the family are able to conceal their problems, but the problems of the family are going to come out one way or another. The kid is a reflection of problems within the family, though everyone in the family uses the kid as a scapegoat and blames the kid. We’d usually have two or three therapists in the room with the family, and one person observing the therapy through a one way mirror. The family knew the observer was there, and the observer would occasionally come into the room, drop a bombshell (usually addressing the “elephant in the room” that no one would talk about), and then return to the observation room. It was amazing to me how easy it became to see the dysfunctional aspects of the family, and to help them all correct their problems. We’d do one of these intense, all day sessions every few weeks, and the kid would improve based on the improvements in members of the family. I would probably bring in Shannon, Jonah, Toni, Brad, Toni’s aunt, and even Luann and her parents on occasion, to get to the basis of why Shannon acts the way she does. I worked with John Weakland (now deceased) and other members of the Palo Alto Group on these therapies. I agree that Shannon should be evaluated for ADHD, but she doesn’t necessarilly have that problem.

Pru and Lu have a tough time dealing with Shannon together, but Luann can deal with 20 at Kids First by herself (or with only Tiffany, which amounts to the same thing). Says something about Shannon….

Be careful Queen Powerstick, Captain Underpants is holding the ‘weedwacker’.

1. Was that Luann’s undies drawer or her mom’s or Pru’s? Because that thong is usually seen on pole dancers. 2. What is up with Shannon? We’ve seen her act up to get her way, but she is totally out of control now. I don’t think it is ADD so much as a little girl, with no real supervision or guidance in her life. I’m thinking Jonah might not be coming back and that might be a good thing.

I think the message is clear, WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF SHANNON. The kid needs boundaries, and we need to see less of her. Besides annoying the crap out of everyone, what was the reason to devote a week (or was it even longer…it seems like forever) to this minor character? The same gag for days (overactive, bossy girl). Please, make it stop.

Shannon is hardly out of control. They have her controlled so well Shannon has no idea. Yet they make sure she is dressed properly and still play with her. And for a child which is ultimately powerless, she is given some modicum of power even if it is at their behest. And they reign in her more extravagant and ridiculous wants like 6 scoops of icecream. They giver her one. The parenting that is going on is low key yet effective. But too many think that over bearing authoritarianism is the only way to do it.

Just want to comment on one of Shannon’s requests: “I gotta pee.” That should hardly faze Luann. Shannon isn’t out in the middle of the woods, or on a highway 30 miles from the nearest rest stop. She’s in Luann’s own house. There are bathrooms there.

Luann wears thong underwear??

You idiots do realize she’s a CARTOON CHARACTER, don’t you? She’s NOT A REAL PERSON. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE.