Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 16, 2023

Your Mom is keeping track of all the broken and damaged furniture. She will bill you when you’re 21.

Because what mom does during the day just isn’t enough.

Now all he has to do is wear Mom out until she falls asleep.

oh, the joys of raising a kid, huh?

Or she could give you up for adoption.

Mom could sell you to a circus.

How come Hobbes isn’t in bed with Calvin??

If he were mine, he’d be sitting on the floor of his closet until he’s 25. My kids hated that punishment. The door was open, but you couldn’t come out.

Well, Mom—you can STOP buying Chocolate-Frosted Sugar Bombs!!

As I said the other day—Calvin exists on sugar fixes.

If Calvin’s only aim in life is to make his parents’ lives hell, then that’s a sad and pathetic way to live

That kid would be grounded to his room for a week if he ever tried that with me. You should have Roslyn come over and show you how to deal with Calvin.

mom has to deal with the little menace? where’s Dad?

Earn a night’s respite from him? She’s got ten years worth of credit already.

Poor Mum……

Calvin’s way of upping his mum’s aerobic activity. She will thank him for it if they both live through this phase.

No wonder they haven’t given Calvin a brother or sister. One is enough!

Mom needs a double or triple of her fave adult drink and BTW, where the heck is Dad? The slacker will catch he!! from Mom if he was enjoying some brews at Happy Hour with his crew when Mom just went “Full Metal Jacket” to put Calvin to bed….

Mom regrets the option to buy the kid’s bed with chains.

Mom is tough. She’ll wake up in the am ready to continue the battle. Dad gets to go to the office and grind out the day without any fun at all.

I remember my sister arguing with my mother. I advised her, “Take a dive in the first round. She’s going to win anyway.”

I don’t think I would be sane after raining a kid like Calvin. LOL

Mom probably sleeps with her clothes on…oh that’s right…who sleeps in that household?

I tried that with my parents exactly once. Discipline was sure, swift and memorable. Being a brat never went over with my parents.

No wonder she’s so slim and trim.

The next time Calvin does that, maybe mom should try some glue traps.

LOL… Where is Hobbes when we need him ?!!

Well Calvin, you kinda have to stop moving to watch TV. Mom is more athletic than it would seem.

This is one of the reasons I am child-free by choice. What if I had ended up with that kid?

Guess who’s cleaning that all in the morning, Calvin?

Maybe you should have tried being a parent earlier? I had 3 girls and 1 boy, never had this insanity in my house.

Calvin you got to do it stealthy like I did crack the bedroom door open peek at the TV down the living room. Then dive back into bed when you hear someone coming. Bwhahaha

No rest for the weary.

Your mom should’ve whooped your butt!!!!!

This must be where the Rolling Stones came up with the song, “Mother’s Little Helper”“Kids are different today, I hear every mother sayMother needs something today to calm her down,And though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill.”

They just need doors that lock from the outside.

Just use the tranq on him.

In this strip, she’s reminding me of Elastigirl/Helen Parr dealing with Dash.

LOL at the fourth panel! But it’s a little hard to tell if Calvin REALLY wanted to watch TV, or he was just trolling his mom. I also picture this music accompanying the chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEVe6g6BIqQ

I do not know how this “kid” has been able to live this long.

Ah, the case for birth control…

Mom gets the next lesson in Parenting 101.

If I had done that I would have to sleep on my side, because my butt would hurt too bad.

I used to get up and hide in the hall to watch Johnny Carson. About the third time I was caught, my grandma made me sit in the rocking chair and watch TV until I was so tired I begged to go to bed.

Demon kid….

I love the sheepish smile on calvin in the last panel. Mom would cherish these chases once he grows up. What is life without having to deal with the tantrums of a kid.

I foresee that this scene will resurface in someone’s future therapy session …

When I was young, I was sent to bed and I would stare up at the ceiling for an hour because I wasn’t tired. These days I have to pace back and forth for 45 minutes to tire myself out for bed on non-work nights. But now even work isn’t tiring me out enough as the weather gets a little hotter.