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* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', sometimes this happens to Calvin. Sure, he is a brat, and doesn't want to admit that behaving once in a while would get him out of trouble, but you can't blame him for lashing out in some cases.
** Rosalyn intimidates Calvin because she locked him up in the garage during her debut for some unknown infraction, and she often demands payments in advance from his parents for the next babysitting appointment. Yet because she is the only babysitter that will look after him, owing to Calvin's chaotic behavior, his parents put up with it and order Calvin to behave so she doesn't bleed them dry. During one babysitting night, the worst Calvin did was pounce on Rosalyn while dressed up as Stupendous Man, before running outside and sneaking into his bedroom window using a tree, changing into his pajamas and getting into bed. Calvin reasonably pointed out that he went to bed of his own volition, so Rosalyn couldn't punish him. She made him write a confession of what he did, and showed it to his parents. Thing is she was on the phone with her boyfriend at the time, and for Calvin that was pretty mild.
* ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'': Readers felt bad for April when she blamed herself for Farley's death. Her family didn't dispute this at all, despite the fact that she was just a toddler at the time, and berated her for going near a dangerous area alone. Here is the thing: April was a toddler. Neither of her parents was paying attention to her when she wanted to go outside, and took a long time to realize she was missing. Nearly drowning was an accident, and Farley was an old dog as it was. No one tells April that Farley's heart stopping due to diving in after her was not her fault; instead they talk about how everyone dies eventually.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
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