Parenting Quotes by Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

The children of childish parents age quickly.

— Mason Cooley

I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.

— Mason Cooley

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

I seldom remember my father, but I sneeze and rub my nose the way he did. I also love my son with…

— Mason Cooley

My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.

— Mason Cooley

No one could be the way I remember my father

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.

— Mason Cooley

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.

— Mason Cooley

Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.

— Mason Cooley

My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.

— Mason Cooley

My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

— Mason Cooley

My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I…

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.

— Mason Cooley

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.

— Mason Cooley

Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.

— Mason Cooley