Comic #5156: primary-caregivers
Description
Here’s a detailed transcription of the comic:
Panel 1:
- Mom: "Mom, your polling is terrible."
- Child: "What do you mean? I'm very popular in this house."
Panel 2:
- Mom: "You're popular as a PARENT. But we're in primary season. You have to appeal to your mom-loving base by doing stereotypical mom activities."
Panel 3:
- Mom: "During the race for best parent, we can talk about your career achievements or whatever, but if you want to get a shot at first place, you need to start baking cookies and signaling unconditional love."
- (Child holding a notepad looks confused)
Panel 4:
- Text: "Dad is out there working the crowds HARD by wrangling and cooking beef products."
Panel 5:
- (Mom peers out a window, looking determined.)
- (Child holding a notepad looks intrigued.)
- Mom: "But you better BELIEVE that during the ‘best parent’ selection period, I lurch toward the center with a gingerbread house and a Disney movie sing-a-long."
Panel 6:
- Mom: "This whole process is so demeaning."
- Child: "Do you wanna be a winner? Huh? Winners do what it takes."
Panel 7:
- Child, with a sly expression: "Is this an elaborate ruse to get me to make cookies?"
- Mom, with a smile: "Pony cookies with sparkles, yes."
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