Sentences with phrase «coddled children»

Sheltered as we are by Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field, which deflect lethal radiation from space, we are like coddled children who have never ventured into a tough neighborhood.

The more parents coddle their children and helicopter parent them, delaying their maturation into responsible capable adults, the more this abhorrent work - around to prove their bravado and strength in negative ways will persist.

In The New York Times, in an article entitled, «Amy Chua is a Wimp,» David Brooks comments that, «I believe she's coddling her children.

Luigi, apparently, has decided to play the part of the helpless, love - stricken damsel who's more than willing to marry Bowser and coddle his children by ordering them a pizza as a sign of maternal adoration.

A common misconception is that accepting all feelings means accepting all actions resulting from those feelings, leading to an unruly and disrespectful or spoiled and coddled child.

By our human and natural parental instinct, we feel a need to coddle our children and hand them life on a silver platter, or feed them from the proverbial silver spoon.

Not exact matches

Talk to a good old fashioned northeast liberal and they really think if you are african american you need to be protected, cared for, coddled like children.

I though jesus was a gay white male with blue eyes who coddled and protected child molesters from the law by shifting them from church to church.

My parenting hours don't end at 8 pm, tending to my child's needs and reassuring her and making her feel safe and important is NOT coddling.

You want to respond to your child's needs, but your partner says that's coddling.

This may seem impossible, but spoiling or coddling can only make it harder for a child to return to daily activities.

And, this can sometimes put a rift in relationships when a family member (often from older generations — our parents or in - laws in particular — takes offense to the baby not wanting to be held or finds the child's behavior to be clear evidence that you must be coddling them too much and doesn't mind telling you so.

At other times, children revert to baby talk because they miss being a young child and they want to be coddled again.

Sorry but a lot on the list is ott - our children are becoming Molly coddled and unable to assess situations and dangers.

You want to comfort your children but not coddle them.

There might be consequences when the tiger boss realizes that the panda child has been coddled and been given free will.

One classic example comes from the work of psychologist John B. Watson, who admonished parents not to hug, coddle or kiss their infants and young children in order to train them to develop good habits early on.

Wanting to hold their «needy» / clingy toddler but fearful of spoiling, they refuse to «coddle» their seemingly demanding child.

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This strict and rigorous style of parenting resembles the ideologies of Locke, who believed that children should not be coddled or raised tenderly, and that each aspect of the child's development should be determined by the parent.

I'm not saying I never flew off the handle before, but even an instant reaction like swooping in to coddle after a fall can deprive your child of learning how to process situations, no matter how unpleasant.

Good parents can't get enough of their babies, and must make it a habit to resist the urge to incessantly coddle and check on their children.

But putting a child down to go to sleep and letting them fall asleep on their own without coddling them or rocking them to sleep is beneficial for the child.

I was craving the coddling and care that I missed out on as a child.

When one of the camp's guiding shrinks tells a room full of parents that their children are addicted to online games because «they can't experience satisfaction and heroism in real life,» the film can't help but invite comparison to the child - coddling excess of American culture, while capturing the opposite scenario in excruciating detail.

They are wrapped up in the care of their children, trying to find a balance between protecting without coddling, and allowing their youth to lead as normal of a life as possible.

Though Bad Moms is largely a wish - fulfillment fantasy of overworked and under - appreciated mothers cutting loose, it also aims to be a satirical takedown of the forces that lead women like Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell), and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) to curtail their parental duties: lazy fathers, exploitative bosses, a culture that encourages children to be coddled rather than challenged.

On the flip side, if you play hypermiler, coddling the car like an English nanny would one of the children of the Illuminati, it will be much more rewarding.

While some points may have an element of tongue - in - cheek humor to them, the basic message is clear: Children do not need the constant coddling they're given by most parents in the U.S. and Canada these days, and parents will benefit by stepping back.

The mindset also led to placing children who had polio at live - in facilities because doctors thought their families would coddle them too much at home.