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Hard Lessons.As a parent, we should be the ones teaching our kids, but sometimes I feel like I am a kid and they are my teachers.
I love being a dad, but sometimes I just get grumpy, tired, irritated...I try to control it but I don't always do a good job.
Things like this happen. I am not proud of myself in these moments but I don't also want to pretend like they don't exist.
I feel this is the type of stuff I'll forget has ever happened when MY kids have THEIR kids and I inevitably tell them how much
better of a job I did raising them.
Lastly... honey? I'm so sorry.
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Word of warning, unless you put a line of some sort between the pages, most people are going to try to read it horizontally.
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My brain wanted to read this horizontally like a comic strip, I didn't know it was vertical til I got about half way through.
This is really cute! Our first baby is due any day now. I hope she turns out as thoughtful as yours kids are.
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I can relate and I'm not even a mom yet. Not looking forward to that...
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<3
We all go through this as parents. Life is weighing a bit more heavy on us a lot of the time so it's understandable that the kids can't grasp it right now but it's the love that's the best pick me up.
I have gotten mad and I mean MAD at my daughter and I always felt horrible about it and I ask her to forgive me and tell her I was wrong in doing so. I think when we lose our cool, it's good to
let them know that he were in a bad place and they have no reason to feel at fault. I only hope this doesn't create a tolerance for bad behavior of others in her. #myfear but she's still little and
I can only hope that she gained more good from me than bad. (Gosh... I just wrote something personal and I'm not very prone to sharing but this hit me pretty hard. Thanks for making it.)
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Awww. Just to let you know I had a bit of trouble at first following the flow of the panels. Might help in this layout if they were numbered.
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There are page 1 & 2 written at the bottom of the pages but I didn't see them at first either so I get what you're saying.
Maybe just a divide between the 2 pages might help.
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Really sweet, and with a really profound message, thanks for sharing
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This is the wholesome stuff I come here for TTTTTwTTTTT <3333
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Oh, yeah. It goes like this when you are at the grandparent stage, too..... This is the important part, "I am not proud of myself in these moments but I don't also want to pretend like they don't exist." Thank you for making this point so beautifully.
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I can't figure out what order the panels go in...
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It's two pages side-by-side. So the read order is the top left two panels, middle left two, bottom right two, and then move over to the next sets of two on the right. The pages are numbered at the bottom, which I missed at first.
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Oh! Yeah that's super confusing if you don't see the numbers, thank you
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Right, I missed that it's downward 2 columns at a time.
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I did that first too cause Iβm so use to reading across
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You know my dad can sometimes be stressed and he can get annoyed, but I still love him, because he does so many things to keep me happy.
We go spend time together, he took me to Karate and he teaches me how to play guitar. I love my dad, me and him are best pals.
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I love how you deal with these moments, and not hide them. Makes you only more human! No-one is perfect, and it looks like you've got the two best sons
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This is wonderful comic in it's realness. Apprechiate you for showing this side too.
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Hi Pascal
FWIW, I'm a dad too, and I have these same moments. I want to tell you that I'm grateful for your art, it talks about things you don't usually see in media, and it's the joys and struggles of a family and life more in general. We're all humans, nobody's perfect and these situations do happen, and we shouldn't feel bad about them. I mean, of course we should understand when we hurt others, but we can't expect or aspire to be perfect. I instead try to teach my daughter that people aren't perfect and people aren't always happy, that sometimes we need some rest and some time for ourselves. I want her to understand that if I had a bad day I don't love her less, and that if she has a bad day she has the right to have time for herself and to vent, and that we're always there for her.
Sorry for the long response, I think it just boils down to: Thank you for your art, and for making me feel understood.
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Well, I like kids for that; they have some kind of aΒ different perpectives on things and life. ( I don't have kids, but I have nephews and I like them a lot ).
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