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sheshe2

(83,835 posts)
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 06:14 PM Nov 2017

Dads Sweet Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance And Love

Chris Grady draws comics about being a force for good in an often dark world.

By Caroline Bologna

Grady has a 7-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. His comic offers a humorous take on classic parenting struggles, from noisy toys to toddler tantrums. 

Many of his drawings, however, also feature more earnest messages about tolerance, empathy and being a force for good in an often dark world.

 

Grady, who works as an elementary school teacher in Toronto, told HuffPost he created Lunarbaboon as a form of therapy to deal with his anxiety.  

“I needed a positive place to focus all my thoughts and found that when I was making comics I felt a little bit better,” he said. “After posting the comics on social media for a few months, I began getting messages from many people about how they connected to the comics and it gave them hope and strength as they went through their own dark times.”







Many More Here: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lunarbaboon-comics_us_5a0f15d1e4b0e97dffed08aa

Moving comics and they are not just for kids...I know many adults that should be reading them too. We need more of this.

EMPATHY TOLERANCE LOVE


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Dads Sweet Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance And Love (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 2017 OP
Considering how "comics" seem to be the source material... yallerdawg Nov 2017 #1
It can help, yallerdawg. sheshe2 Nov 2017 #2

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
1. Considering how "comics" seem to be the source material...
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 06:20 PM
Nov 2017

of our most financially successful and most prevalent entertainment in all mediums today, 'good role models' and positive messaging sounds like a great idea!

sheshe2

(83,835 posts)
2. It can help, yallerdawg.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 06:38 PM
Nov 2017

I hope it does...the children maybe, they are far more intelligent than some adults I know.

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