Does Mum, the Persil-user, still believe That there's no Devil and that youth is bliss? As certain as the sun behind the Downs And quite as plain to see, the Devil walks.

-Betjeman, SirJohn
  A Few Late Chrysanthemums,'Original Sin on the Sussex Coast'.

And girls in slacks remember Dad, And oafish louts remember Mum.

-Betjeman, SirJohn
 A Few Late Chrysanthemums,'Christmas'.

Social scientists could supply plenty of research to show that one member of the family, at least, is happier and more well adjusted when mum stays home and looks after the children. But that person is dadöa finding of limited use to backlash publicists.

-Faludi, Susan
  Backlash (UK edn), ch.2,'Man Shortages and Barren Wombs'.

For I have a song to sing,O!† It is sung to the moon By a love-lorn loon, Who fled from the mocking throng,O! It's the song of a merryman moping mum, Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb, As he sighed for the love of a ladye!

-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)
   Jack Point's song, TheYeomen of the Guard.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

-Larkin, Philip Arthur
  'This Be  the Verse'.