fantasizing

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Family systems are, by design, infantilizing to the youngest members, and that hierarchy can persist for both parents and their children, regardless of how much money anyone earns.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Then they gave an hour to Bassem Youssef, who scolded their “total lack of critical thinking” and bluntly told the pair of thirtysomethings to stop infantilizing themselves.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

“Elderly female action star” is a cute premise, but Margolin makes the most of it without infantilizing his heroine or otherwise resorting to lowest common denominator humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2024

In a way, he's sort of infantilizing her by pulling his punches and not saying that he doesn't like the writing that she's doing at the moment.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023