Mason Cooley Children Quotations

One's fetishes are fascinating, but not because of their beauty or significance. The same could be said for one's genitals, or one's children.

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.

As children, our protests availed little. As adults, the same.

As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.

Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets.

Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive.

Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness.

Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.

Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.

Children would die of terror if they knew the folly and ignorance of their caretakers.

Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.

No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

The children of childish parents age quickly.