Older girls don't see younger girls as "competition" in High School. If that was actually a sneer and not Liz and her friends being prickly narcissists convinced that everyone is judging them at all times, it was more likely "I don't hang out with girls younger than me." But the egos of Liz and her friends won't permit this to be the reason for the perceived "sneer."
Isn't it kind of inappropriate for a teacher to compliment a kid's looks? I'm not objecting to a teacher telling a kid they did good work on something but it looks unprofessional for teachers to talk to a kid about their looks, whether the comment is positive or negative.
Go ahead and hit the kid and get it over with, Elly. You know you want to. Just do it and make it official: you wouldn't know how to communicate with a child if you had ten of them, and your ego is so fragile that a "look" from your son is enough to set you off and drive you to the brink of violence.
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Older girls don't see younger girls as "competition" in High School. If that was actually a sneer and not Liz and her friends being prickly narcissists convinced that everyone is judging them at all times, it was more likely "I don't hang out with girls younger than me." But the egos of Liz and her friends won't permit this to be the reason for the perceived "sneer."
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That's kind of why they're on the outside looking in: if a Patterson can't find a reason to feel picked on, they'll create it:
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Isn't it kind of inappropriate for a teacher to compliment a kid's looks? I'm not objecting to a teacher telling a kid they did good work on something but it looks unprofessional for teachers to talk to a kid about their looks, whether the comment is positive or negative.
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Go ahead and hit the kid and get it over with, Elly. You know you want to. Just do it and make it official: you wouldn't know how to communicate with a child if you had ten of them, and your ego is so fragile that a "look" from your son is enough to set you off and drive you to the brink of violence.
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The third pre-Patterson collection hints broadly as to why: we're meant to slobber over the unfairness that is a child thinking for him or herself.
What's more, she never learns from her lifetime of flying off the handle
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"April, please close the door." If you raise your kids even half-competently, that works much better.
"I admire your determination to finish a task before taking a break" also works better than nagging.
"I've had it with motherhood, I quit!" Add another panel for a much better, more accurate punchline- "when did you ever start?"
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Stupid strip speaks for itself.
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