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Comic Strips These Days
Sep. 2nd, 2017 12:59 amI have memories from decades ago of my mother reading me the newspaper comic strips, and sometimes answering questions about them, going back to before I could read for myself.
What made me think of this was Friday's Sally Forth strip. Ted and Sally Forth are in a hammock for two in their yard at night. Ted says, "You know, speaking of friends, Hil is over at Faye's house right now ... And neither of our next door neighbors are home or particularly nosy . . ."
Sally replies, "Uh, Ted. We tried this once. Remember the giant snarl?"
Ted: "Well, the slip 'n' slide is still on the lawn."
Sally: "I'm going inside."
I can picture a child who's more interested in Brewster Rockit: Space Guy or The Amazing Spider-Man reading this and having some embarrassing questions. I suppose a parent might just say that Sally doesn't want to play in the hammock and get tangled up, but some children might not accept the explanation. I don't insist that children must learn nothing about s*x until they're ready to get married, but I do think that a child might get some (perhaps confused) ideas, and want more answers. Forty-seven years ago, I don't think they had stuff like this in the children's comics, or have I forgotten?
What made me think of this was Friday's Sally Forth strip. Ted and Sally Forth are in a hammock for two in their yard at night. Ted says, "You know, speaking of friends, Hil is over at Faye's house right now ... And neither of our next door neighbors are home or particularly nosy . . ."
Sally replies, "Uh, Ted. We tried this once. Remember the giant snarl?"
Ted: "Well, the slip 'n' slide is still on the lawn."
Sally: "I'm going inside."
I can picture a child who's more interested in Brewster Rockit: Space Guy or The Amazing Spider-Man reading this and having some embarrassing questions. I suppose a parent might just say that Sally doesn't want to play in the hammock and get tangled up, but some children might not accept the explanation. I don't insist that children must learn nothing about s*x until they're ready to get married, but I do think that a child might get some (perhaps confused) ideas, and want more answers. Forty-seven years ago, I don't think they had stuff like this in the children's comics, or have I forgotten?
