Elizabeth doesn’t seem to get it. Her mother lets her and Michael get into physical battles in public. Her mother lets Michael go out on dates at night with a girl she doesn’t know and she doesn’t know where they are going. If she is not going to get upset over that, then a grape in the nose is nothing.
Yeah, bringing a tattletale story to an adult gets tedious. My students do that and I simply nod my head and said “Okay.” Sometimes, I would say it’s their own business and if they didn’t hurt each other or anyone else and are still acting friendly, all is good. Some kids need to learn to mind their own business. However, this thing in Mike’s nose has the potential of a disaster – pushed further up his nose which is what none of us need to happen. I’d want to intervene and have the student remove it and I’d flush it down the toilet. Students do garbage hunting you know.
This past weekend we had a family reunion for my father’s 90th birthday; all of my siblings were able to make it. The brother just older than me & I were reminiscing about my tattletale stage, and how, once he got his “pound of flesh” we became the best of friends. My husband took a lovely pic of us hugging that’s become one of my all-time favorite pictures. (He also remembers my hospital stay when I was 6 as the time I almost died!)
Once kids get to a certain age, mom is no longer going to referee them. They need to deal with it on their own. My two boys bugged each other into screaming fits and all I did was tell them to grow up. It worked. I think they only did it to get attention from me (at least, some of the time), which I gave them at other times. Luckily, they didn’t get into physical fights over their differences, or I would have had to break them up and dole out punishment of some sort (something that neither would like.) Also, luckily, they each had their own room at opposite ends of the house, so staying away from each other was possible. Unluckily, we had only one bathroom, so they couldn’t avoid each other all the time. :P
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
it’s called growing up and maturing, isn’t it?
TumblersBlue about 5 years ago
Personally I would have grabbed him by the nose with enough force to pop the grape!
howtheduck about 5 years ago
Elizabeth doesn’t seem to get it. Her mother lets her and Michael get into physical battles in public. Her mother lets Michael go out on dates at night with a girl she doesn’t know and she doesn’t know where they are going. If she is not going to get upset over that, then a grape in the nose is nothing.
retrocool about 5 years ago
that 1st panel is hilarious. I’d do things like that with Slime when it first came out.
capricorn9th about 5 years ago
Yeah, bringing a tattletale story to an adult gets tedious. My students do that and I simply nod my head and said “Okay.” Sometimes, I would say it’s their own business and if they didn’t hurt each other or anyone else and are still acting friendly, all is good. Some kids need to learn to mind their own business. However, this thing in Mike’s nose has the potential of a disaster – pushed further up his nose which is what none of us need to happen. I’d want to intervene and have the student remove it and I’d flush it down the toilet. Students do garbage hunting you know.
JudyHendrickson about 5 years ago
tattletale , yeah its bad{or can be}ust wait till you have a little brother r siste youll find out!!!
Watcher about 5 years ago
It’s all part of growing up and soon you will be able get away with things that Mike couldn’t.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
Growing up isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, huh?
Wren Fahel about 5 years ago
This past weekend we had a family reunion for my father’s 90th birthday; all of my siblings were able to make it. The brother just older than me & I were reminiscing about my tattletale stage, and how, once he got his “pound of flesh” we became the best of friends. My husband took a lovely pic of us hugging that’s become one of my all-time favorite pictures. (He also remembers my hospital stay when I was 6 as the time I almost died!)
Shirl Summ Premium Member about 5 years ago
I didn’t allow tattling unless someone was bleeding profusely. They had to work it out themselves.
suv2000 about 5 years ago
The gross part is when he takes it out of his nose and eats it
DoktorScheisskopf about 5 years ago
“Michael, I thought you would have concord that gross habit of putting grapes in your nostril!”
kathleenhicks62 about 5 years ago
Mom put a stop to that one and caused some growing up for Liz-boys take a life-time.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 5 years ago
Being a good tattle tale requires exceptional attention to details and then blowing them out of proportion.
M2MM about 5 years ago
Once kids get to a certain age, mom is no longer going to referee them. They need to deal with it on their own. My two boys bugged each other into screaming fits and all I did was tell them to grow up. It worked. I think they only did it to get attention from me (at least, some of the time), which I gave them at other times. Luckily, they didn’t get into physical fights over their differences, or I would have had to break them up and dole out punishment of some sort (something that neither would like.) Also, luckily, they each had their own room at opposite ends of the house, so staying away from each other was possible. Unluckily, we had only one bathroom, so they couldn’t avoid each other all the time. :P