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* In the late 1980s, Telecom New Zealand [https://web.archive.org/web/20100522171050/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/index.php?option=com_nfa_education&task=online_unit&online_unit_id=8&chapter=3 ran an advert] depicting a young boy speaking on the phone to his truck driver dad, with [[Elvis]]' ''Are You Lonesome Tonight'' playing in the background.

* One of the ''Chicken Soup for the Soul'' books contains a poem entitled "But You Didn't," in which the narrator repeatedly asks one of his parents to play with him, ending each request with the words "but you didn't." In the end, {{spoiler|[[Glurge|"My country called me to war; you asked me to come home safely... but I didn't!"]]}}

* ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' series: {{spoiler|Just before he sacrifices himself, Sabriel's father apologizes to her for not having been an "ideal parent", saying that the duties of the Abhorsen tend come before those of a father; Sabriel makes a similar speech to her son Sam later; Lirael's mother had to leave her because of something she Saw. Partially subverted, however: the kids may not like it, but they do understand, and so does the reader.}}

{{quote|''"Nasty little shock for {{spoiler|old Barty}}, I'd imagine. Should have spent a bit more time at home with his family, shouldn't he? Ought to have left the office early once in a while... gotten to know his own son."''}}

 

* Maya on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' has a contentious relationship with her father Jack because as a child he was too busy running a fashion magazine (and being an out and out playboy) to be with her. The low point may have been when he hired someone to take his place to go trick or treat with her on Halloween. {{spoiler|Ironically, when Jack tries to make amends, she ends up doing the same to him in order to go to a Halloween party with a handsome guy.}}

* In the US version of ''[[The Office]]'', when Jim comes back to work after his daughter's birth, Dwight attempts to induce a guilt trip in him by playing Chapin's ''Cat's In The Cradle'' to get him to take more time off (so Dwight can use his desk). It ''almost'' works.