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I just think one of the cruelest things you can do is to coddle your child in a false reality versus helping them figure out the real reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

“Radical transparency” and “radical acceptance” are terms that have been co-opted by TikTokers and AI chatbots to coddle people with therapy-speak until the terminology has lost all its meaning.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

But when things are rough, we don’t have to coddle each other.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

There were fertile red meadows of epithelial tissue to catch and coddle a cancer cell.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In an interview with USA Today, Montana spoke on the lack of mental preparation that QB’s are entering the League with — suggesting contemporary college football’s coaching as a system that coddles its play-callers.

From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021

I’ve asked him to talk to Alexis about it, but he says she’s just an anxious helicopter mom who coddles Casey, but they’ll both eventually move on from this phase and it’ll be fine.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

All of which meant that Gross was a natural for “The Last of Us Part II,” a game that coddles no one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2020

“Shall we have a look at that horse then? I doubt it’s anything serious. Marlena coddles them terribly. Oh, here’s the little lady now. Come here, darling,” he calls brightly.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

What the reporting revealed was a continuing debate over whether Gen Z is everything from coddled to unfairly stereotyped and how it will fare at work in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

To her, he was always “AC,” the baby of the family who was hopelessly coddled by their mother after he temporarily lost his ability to talk after a childhood surgery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025

He’s Theo James’ character in “The Gentlemen,” which is worth mentioning because that Netflix series makes the coddled aristocracy look suave and more action-ready than most of them are.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

There’s no use making the tea till Dad gets home because it will be stewed, coddled, boiled and unfit to drink.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

However, he overlooks an obvious one: doting, coddling and enabling parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

But, at the same time, Munn is someone who does not want any special treatment or kid-glove coddling because of what she has experienced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

When we’re formulating policies for children as a whole rather than coddling our own little angels, we fall scandalously short.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

His transfer of powers of self-determination to inmates provoked loud and repeated charges of coddling.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover