Mollycoddle (Verb)
Meaning
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The parents made sure not to mollycoddle their kids, teaching them the value of hard work and self-reliance.
- By constantly doing everything for him, you're only serving to mollycoddle him and stunt his personal growth.
- Don't mollycoddle the new employees, let them figure out a few things on their own.
- They tried not to mollycoddle their kids by allowing them to make their own decisions and take some risks.
- I think we mollycoddle our children too much by constantly intervening on their behalf in every dispute they have.