Ward is sent to pick up Wally, Beaver, and their friends after they've been in the movies all day. It doesn't go well. It's basically a frustrating game of tag to get them all together in the lobby. Ward comes home short tempered, perhaps partially about that, but also about the fact that it was a beautiful Saturday and Wally and Beaver spent the entire day indoors watching less than uplifting fare. He promises to take them camping the following week to help get them out of doors. Eddie Haskell tells Wally it will be like it is at his house - His dad will promise something and then when the time comes, act like he never offered to do anything.
The weekend comes and Ward gets word that he must work the weekend, so he does end up having to postpone their promised outing. When he gets home he sees that the boys have pitched a tent in the backyard and are camping out there. It starts to rain in the middle of the night, so Ward leaves the backdoor open just in case they want to come inside, and they do come in for a few hours after the rain sends a river through their tent. It is his way of compromising between making them come in and giving them the freedom to come in, should they decide to do so.
The next day, Sunday, Eddie Haskell is incredulous that Ward did not make them come in during the pounding rainstorm. He then tries to turn it around as their dad not caring what they did. But Wally mentions to Beaver - Who do you think left the backdoor open? They realize that their dad tried to protect them without ruining their fun or completely overriding their perceived autonomy.
And let's not minimize the irony of being told by Eddie Haskell the importance of not being tardy to Sunday school!
The weekend comes and Ward gets word that he must work the weekend, so he does end up having to postpone their promised outing. When he gets home he sees that the boys have pitched a tent in the backyard and are camping out there. It starts to rain in the middle of the night, so Ward leaves the backdoor open just in case they want to come inside, and they do come in for a few hours after the rain sends a river through their tent. It is his way of compromising between making them come in and giving them the freedom to come in, should they decide to do so.
The next day, Sunday, Eddie Haskell is incredulous that Ward did not make them come in during the pounding rainstorm. He then tries to turn it around as their dad not caring what they did. But Wally mentions to Beaver - Who do you think left the backdoor open? They realize that their dad tried to protect them without ruining their fun or completely overriding their perceived autonomy.
And let's not minimize the irony of being told by Eddie Haskell the importance of not being tardy to Sunday school!