The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Impossible Years]]'' is a 1960s play/film about the home life of a college professor and psychologist who writes materials on family relations. Specifically, on how to handle teenagers (authoritatively espousing a lax parenting style). But he has teenage daughters himself. You can see where this is going.... (And what ''was'' the word on the other side of that sign?)

* In ''[[Traffic]]'', the American Drug Czar's daughter gets addicted to cocaine right under his nose. He is fully aware of the (tragic) [[Irony]].

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|'''Brigitte''': I think it's a disgrace you can't make any time for your children. It's like the story of the cobbler's children who had no food.

'''Ben''': No, it's the story of the cobbler's children who had no shoes.

'''Ben''': Let me tell you the story of a dental assistant who had no job. }}

* ''[[Lost]]'' subverts this in a very odd way. Jack, a spinal surgeon, needs his appendix removed... on a desert island... with the bare minimum of equipment (they have chloroform and ether on hand for anesthesia, and they use sewing thread for stitches). He has a dentist and an OB/GYN to help him who could do the surgery for him, but he fervently believes that he should be awake and do it himself. He ends up in so much pain that they knock him out and do it for him.

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