A Word of Warning to Mum and Dad.

“And, getting back to parents, you'll have to ginger up your technique if you want me to be proud of you. You're out-of-date, off the map, old-fashioned, Victorian. You tip off all this goo about respect-to-parents, obedience, and speaking polite. You've got to slip in the clutch and be Modern. What's modern? Why, shiver me rusks! Pull up your ladder-proofs, mum! Modern is doing all the things your parents think you shouldn't; it's—well, you had parents of your own once, didn't you? But, honest, folks! I want to respect you when I grow up. I want to be able to point to you and say, ‘Boys, they're not much to look at, but can they cough up the mazuma? I'll say-y-y!’” So, in future, you adults, when you broadcast what you think of babies, try to imagine what babies think of you.

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