Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for April 23, 2018

It’s “Daddy’s Home”, not “Son’s home.”

Alexa – off!

Different strip on FB and twitter, and the question doesn’t fit. Yes, there neither.

@Templo Excellent point. Let me rephrase that:

Your place or theirs?

Yours if you take charge. You could have gone in and turned it off and gold them to go play outside.

OK, color me confused….

I looked at Facebook and Twitter, earlier, and didn’t see today’s comic or question…

but I did see tomorrow’s.

So when I saw Tigressy’s post….

I went back just to see whether Tony had shown up and posted today’s after tomorrow’s….

But no.

So I have no idea where you found it, Tigressy…

but I do think “Alexa OFF!” kinda fits…

It’s Peter’s modern-parenting-style cop out way of getting the TV turned off.

We wouldn’t want to actually challenge our delicate little offspring and risk damaging their growing psyches by exerting control over them….

Or worse…. damaging our own fragile egos by losing the battle.

There’s a lot not to like about the way I was raised….

But I can tell you this…

I did learn about the balance of power, for good and for ill, between parents and children….

And if I’d  asked that kid, politely, of course, but with authority, to turn down the volume….

it would go down, or it would be off.

Without Alexa.

Mine, mine mine!!! So Thrrruuuppp!!!

What?

Wow! ThAT was a lot different than the way my Dad would have handled it. Tomorrow is his 94th birth anniversary. But he won’t be celebrating. The cemetery doesn’t allow parties.