Gem did an uh oh :P

'Kids will be kids'... How I hate that excuse whenever it is used... Same as 'boys will be boys'... No, they won't, it's your job as a parent to teach them how to behave in society.

This.

Yep if she wants him to stay she should bring him up better

If I had been the dad, I would've had "WORDS" with my son AND his idiot mom!

Quite the nasty mother who defends her boy's actions as excusable. Bad mother's make bad children. Pretty sure the police have better things to do than listen to her worry stories. She'll be needing a social worker.

Mind me summarizing that as a karen?

Karen's will be shot

Yes

Still Karen's should be shot

DAMN RIGHT!! If I had been his dad, him AND I would have had "WORDS"!

To be fair, parents do tend get a bit mad when you throw stuff at their kids XD.

Sadly the girl's mother hasn't show any reaction to her being bullied

Violence only begets more violence, though to be fair, the brat deserved it. I'm only saying that as a character in a comic, not real life!

Watch, the mom will throw a ball at Gem the minute they walk off, and then it'll be ON, LIKE DONKEY KONG! :P

some parents can be real jerks

Eeeep! An angry squiggle!

Well, that went swimmingly.

I smell a lawsuit

ah the classic excuse of kids will be kids. always applies when bullying is happening.

^^; Ironically, This was me all my life really in a nutshell.

"Defend a bullied target, Bully targets me, Bully gets their arse handed to them on a platter~"

Basically I have two different views forced upon me since preschool years (Which was 26 yrs ago) Seen as the school protector by the victims and the bullyslayer to the bullies, ending with me either in lots of fights outside of school or breaking bullies from their "fun."

Sorry for rambling along, This just reminded me of my upbringing and I lost track of what I initially was going to comment.

Which was "Damn, Gemma's one scary squirrel~"

Nobody going to talk about the pit being a stock image

I love that 😂 should do it more often

Same xD I even zoomed in to make sure I was right

I don't need to talk about it but I've noticed too =D

Gem did what I'm sure many of us have desired to do at one time or another...

There's a a point when with the best will in the world something just snaps in us. We regret it later on when out of the fog we see what we did but it was never that we alone were at fault. In the comic, the Mum certainly is for not being involved and stepping in.

You're not gonna tip them this time?

What a lovely birthday gift, a funny page being released!

Uh, let's see. The little brat was not only picking on a younger child but he also threw something at an adult. Yet his mother is fussing about someone actually putting him in his place and showing him what happens when he picks a fight with the wrong person. Yeah, she's a Karen mom.

Hehehee I love how you did the ball pit. A+ And the expressions are perfection in the last panel! Gem I love your characters so much.

How Daaaaaaare you assault my little angel. I want to speak to Your Manager!!!

"Kids will be kids" yeah bullying other kids is not "playing" karen, get lost with your crotch goblin

It's one of those moments where both sides have a point. XP

Kids shouldn't be jerks, but adults should respond to those situations properly.

I like this one better, gem seems a lot more reasonable in this one

Gem with the TUDE!

Children are demons, of course they’re not nearly as bad as their parents. You tell that Karen Gem! ❤️

I'd rather deal with the children then the parents. At least the children can be taught and can learn from their behavior. The same CANNOT be said of the parents.

LOL

I'd probably be like "ALRIGHT. HAVE SOME OF THE SAME." And pelt her with the balls.

Unfortunately, that is assault. I think the only exceptions are tomatoes and pies because those are speech. Laws are so weird

I may have deserved it but Gem should’ve put a little less force into that throw

We didn't see her pay this time! Is she lying or did the mother drag her back here after a victorious strut to the register?
edit: actually... I kind of want to see that