1. How big is April supposed to be today (I know I can't expect consistency; kids change size more often in this strip than the ape did in the original King Kong?) When I carry my godchild it's on my shoulders, not on my back. And he's getting too big to do that at the age of 5.
2. There's really no place to put that crib except for Liz's room? In that great big house? Is this the precursor to Mike and his family being moved into April's room? The adults make a decision- having a baby, letting the male baby and his family move in, etc.- and a younger sibling has to carry the burden? And best of all, they are NOT allowed to express resentment of this situation without being seen as spoiled brats?
Lynn never did understand age-appropriate behavior any more than she understood how kids actually think. You have to be adult enough to want to be around kids to do that. End result: baffling strips in which five year olds envy toddlers.
Somewhere, the dumb idea that a child's function is to gladly jettison his or her childhood to express gratitude for being allowed to "freeload" off of Randroid dipstick 'parents' intersected with an insane idea of that which makes kids sad. Thus do we see kindergartener Mike being lectured at for 'boasting' and making Baby Lizzie sad because his imbecile mother doesn't understand what preverbal means.
The obvious solution to a new baby and no separate bedroom for her = put the crib in mom and dad's room. After all, she'll need to be fed during the night. It's not fair to saddle your 11-year-old daughter with the frequent wakings.
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1. How big is April supposed to be today (I know I can't expect consistency; kids change size more often in this strip than the ape did in the original King Kong?) When I carry my godchild it's on my shoulders, not on my back. And he's getting too big to do that at the age of 5.
2. There's really no place to put that crib except for Liz's room? In that great big house? Is this the precursor to Mike and his family being moved into April's room? The adults make a decision- having a baby, letting the male baby and his family move in, etc.- and a younger sibling has to carry the burden? And best of all, they are NOT allowed to express resentment of this situation without being seen as spoiled brats?
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The obvious solution to a new baby and no separate bedroom for her = put the crib in mom and dad's room. After all, she'll need to be fed during the night. It's not fair to saddle your 11-year-old daughter with the frequent wakings.
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Stupid strip never asks why Liz just doesn't tell April she's too big to carry because it can't anticipate okay, bye either.
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