Definition of "mollycoddled" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle. (verb)

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• "The deputy coroner, Simon Burge, commended the Bray family for letting the boy play outside alone, saying children were too often "mollycoddled"."
• "He must not be "mollycoddled"; to do so would be to leave him a burden to himself and to his friends."
• "The research adds fuel to the claims that today's children are being 'mollycoddled' and by a 'risk averse' culture."