It’s sometimes hard to explain a joke or a cartoon. Oftentimes the New Yorker cartoons are just plain funny, but other times they exhibit satire or sarcasm, or just another way to look at the world.

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Bob Bridte is the winner. I love his analysis (below.) I suspect he is from NYC where parents as in the cartoon try to find creative ways to protect their kids. But those who know New York know how brave and smart those city kids can be.

“A daughter is growing up, but the parents still worry about her being out and about alone…so they prefer her to be accompanied when out on the streets….so here we see her, walking, perhaps singing to herself, and the parents have implemented full ‘accompaniment’ with a quartet walking behind her. She is now ‘accompanied’! It’s a tall order, so they question if they need do it…