Edge City by Terry and Patty LaBan for May 21, 2023

Having kids is great, ain’t ir?

Len you must help Abby find her backbone.

If I had a kid order me to do something the way Carly is in the first panel she’d be grounded for a year! I hope you don’t deal with child psychology in your practice Abby, you must be terrible at it.

Maybe we also need to banish Abby from the kitchen for the duration of this life lesson.

Listen to your husband, ma’am, if you don’t stand firm now, you’ll regret it later, that girl will be a worse brat!

No “little pizza” for anyone in our home. After having seven kids, my mom had little patience for this kind of schtick.

Back in the 60’s as a child, the second panel would have likely seen me picking myself up off the floor and apologizing to my mother for my behavior.

why don’t you serve pizza one night?

I don’t mean at all to deny that discipline is the important issue here, but what is wrong with Abby’s meatloaf? I love meatloaf. Everybody in my family has always loved meatloaf. Does Abby make it with unexpected ingredients (e.g., organ meats) that many people understandably find repulsive?

Carly is making it easy to say no. She’s totally spoiled and acting obnoxious.

And that’s why so many adults have problems with food.