I'm trying a centered layout so that my comments match with the comic.
Standing close to the edge of what's allowed in the papers.

Singing is not the only thing Daddy does in the shower.

How can I meddle? Geez, Mary, let the guy answer a question before bombarding him with another. The unseen third panel: Ben responding to Mary's last question, "None of your damned business, you meddling old hag."

Ruthie had gone insane and she knows how to take apart and put back together a toy. Dad is frightened. Will they finally get some help for Ruthie?

Oh dear badly drawn god, I've been on the receiving end of a conversation just like this. It was a small dose of hell.