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Date |
Description |
Calvin and Hobbes collection by
Bill Watterson
©1987, Page 119
(Comic strip originally appeared in newspapers approximately 30-Jul-86) |
4 panels, six-year old Calvin and his stuffed
tiger Hobbes reluctantly consent to "play house" with little neighbor Susie Derkins. She chooses the role of "bratty and brainless kid in a day care
center" for Calvin. |
"Cathy" cartoon by Cathy Guisewite,
described in Who will Rock the Cradle,
Edited by Phyllis Schlafly
©1989, Page 124 |
A mother with a baby in her lap asks,
“How do you like daycare all day, Cindy?” Bubbles show the child’s thought:
“It’s just miserable. Do you have any idea how long eight hours is to a
one-year-old? Where’s my emotional bonding? Where’s my continuity? I’m
spending the most important time of my life surrounded by little maniacs!”
The Dad walks in and says: “We think daycare will really help Cindy develop
her verbal skills.” The baby thinks, ”By the time I can talk, it will be too
late.” |
(Editorial Cartoon) by Steve Benson
Arizona Republic, Jul-94 |
1 panel, Working Mom throws her child into the
mouth of a day care volcano. |
(Editorial Cartoon) by Tom Toles
Buffalo News, 1995 |
4 panels, Compares day-care centers to
orphanages. |
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"Thoughts of a Baby Lying in a Child
Care Centre", by Michael Leunig, printed in
The Age, Melbourne Australia, 26-Jul-95 |
6 panels, crude style, with mostly text.
Poignant, sad cartoon starts with "...My own mother...dumps me here in this
horrendous créche..."
By the last panel, depressed baby girl concludes it's her own fault.
In a 5 December 2007 interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
about this cartoon, Michael Leunig said, "There's a disaster shaping up
here, and it's the abandonment of babies, essentially, and the abandonment
of mothering...." |
"It must be a 'Generational Thing'"
by Asay, Sep-99, Gazette.com
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6 panels, After father explains the so-called
'daycare crisis', grandmother suggests that either father or mother
stay home to avoid putting their kids in day-care. In the last
panel:
1.) Father criticizes grandmother for not understanding.
2.) In a thought balloon, sad and confused grandchild doesn't understand why
his father rejected grandma's common-sense suggestion. |
"Jump Start" by Armstrong
Lexington Herald Leader, 22-Nov-99 |
4-day series of 3 panels, nurse Marcie feels
guilty about putting son, Jojo, in day care. |
(Cartoon to the Editor) by Kathleen
Brady
Lexington Herald Leader, 28-Nov-99 |
1-panel, Makes fun of KY's new child-care
provider rating system. |
"Mallard Fillmore" by Bruce Tinsley
King Features, 01-Jul-00 |
1 panel, baby with "I Love Day Care" shirt grows
up fine on television, but not in the real world. |
"Mallard Fillmore" by Bruce Tinsley
King Features, 01-Feb-01 |
3 panels, "'Quality Time' is just a marketing
slogan day-care providers came up with." |
"Mallard Fillmore" by Bruce Tinsley
King Features, 22-May-01 |
6-day series of 3 panels, "kids are better off
being with a parent all day..." theme. |
"Mallard Fillmore" by Bruce Tinsley
King Features, 12-Jun-02 |
3 panels, tongue-in-cheek Home-Schooling analogy:
"Next, (parents will) be thinking they can raise their children better than
day care can." |
"For Better or for Worse", by Lynn
Johnston
10-May-06 |
4 panels, Michael evokes a guilty response from wife Deanna
when he suggests their son is getting sick from being in daycare. |
