Family-first Professional Gifts

"Your daughter called—you promised to play phone tag with her today."

Butterfly Woman

'She's a very protectice mother!' - Lifeguard at Christening/Baptism.

"Come on, we've thought of 492 names surely we can get one more"

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

"Anything interesting happen over the weekend, Frank?"

"It's important to women that a man has a good relationship with his mother."

Personnel: 'I promised Mom I'd call her when I got here safely - do you mind?'

Landing That Tough Account

'My mom says we're expecting a house guest for 18 years.'

Monk & Mandi: "Mom, this top is too tight!"

Proud Mum.

'I know you've gotten attached to him, Bobby, I have too, but the man at the door is from his firm and needs him back.'

"Please continue as a lab rat, we have five mouths to feed!"

"We're having a problem naming him. All the domain names we like are already taken!"

"Let me tell you what it's like to be seven in this city."

"Another problem is that I haven't had dinner with my family for a week."

Old School Call Forwarding

"What's our policy on pets?"

"Be there in a sec, darling. I just want to touch base with Tiffany."

Hiding behind mum

"It's the old man's idea. Reckons his young executives should see more of their families."

"I don’t care if your daughter gave it to you for Father’s Day, Glen – get rid of it."

"Nothing like taking a few weeks off to spend time with the kids Eh!"

'These figures on parental leave are truly shocking...'

"Marry you? This is so sudden, I don't know what to say!"

'Doug and I have agreed to stay together until the children and his hedge fund are grown.'

"Am I at work... am I at home, does it matter anymore."

"Last, but not least, give my child a seat by the window so I can see her on my drone camera."

I Wooden Be Anything Without You

'Management are very keen to introduce family friendly policies...we're very keen on helping staff balance or with family commitments.'

"I'm not going to work late tonight, so I can normalize relations with my family!"

'Typical family rubbish bin if you ask me: No chips, no chocolate, but lots of discarded vegetables...'

'The good news is that I can spend more time with my family. The bad news is my job is now only part time.'

Leaving family