Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 08, 2020

Traditions, traditions… you may ask how did this tradition get started? I will tell you: I don’t know. ~Tevye the milkman

Can’t argue with tradition.

I love Alice’s attempt at a defense.

Wow, Alice! An all day Time out-Nappy with Dill! Madelane, don’t (ahem!) forget about Social Distancing!

“It’s tradition.” What people say when they’re getting ready to do something terrible.

We didn’t have playdates when I was little. If a friend wanted to play with me he would walk over to my house and ask if I could come out and play. Or I would just go over his house and ask. Things were simpler then.

Time for a “Golden Rule” talk, again.

Time outs are solitary confinement for kids. They do nothing positive and should be treated as child abuse. There are better ways to deal with the child’s behaviour than solitary confinement.

This was not a ‘reasonable response’. The supposed threat of children being abducted off the street by unknown adults was and is almost unknown. The huge percentage of perpetrators was and is adults the children know. Hysteria over this has cost children the freedom to play among themselves for no real reason.

Dill loves Alice, so he always goes back for m more.

“All” Day timeout? Whoa! Even I never had anywhere close to that in time-out!

" It’s a Family Tradition…"

Busted!

A clever comeback won’t get you out of this one, Alice….