Sentences with phrase «so coddled»

Here's the typical backlash against that: «Ugh, Millennials are so self - absorbed,» «ugh, Millennials are so lazy,» «ugh, Millennials are so coddled,» «ugh, Millennials in most industrialized Western countries are making the same basic wages as people their age were 30 years ago even though other demographics have seen their disposable income grow in that time so they're delaying significant life events.»

Luckily, my boys felt bad for me and my boo boo, so they coddled me for at least a minute or two.

He doesn't know how far to trust them, and so he coddles us, gives us more information than we really need.

Not exact matches

As Richard Settersten, author of Not Quite Adults: Why 20 - Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone, has said: «the media focuses so much on coddled kids, but there's a huge, invisible class of young people that's just not part of our public discussion and who are really in dire straits.»

Why do so many marraiges seem to work only if the husband's ego is coddled.

However, I will also say that reading a bit above our pay grade or comfort level is a good stretch exercise, too, and it's healthy to be challenged so let's not coddle too much, eh?

So did Jesus» disciples, but Jesus didn't coddle them.

I did not have pasteurized eggs so I simply coddled mine for 60 seconds to rid me of the «raw egg fear».

and so, like the ant in the fable i set to task the job of making tomato paste and the most concentrated soup stock for the coming cooler months for meals that call for hearty stews and soups beyond just the benefits of gelatin and how incredibly inexpensive it is, this particular exercise isn't futile, instead it's one that perfectly secures for the times during darkness when grace is elusive and you're clutching for something comforting these bouillon cubes could save your life or at the very least, nourish your spirit, coddle your soul

It's clear now that Woods needed the coddling; he seemed so shaky emotionally it's doubtful he could have withstood any exposure to an inquisitive press corps.

They've often been coddled and protected because of their talent, and so haven't necessarily learned the consequences of actions, or maybe even much self - control, either or both of which can play a part in their getting into situations that can break them, or their careers.

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.

Silly me, I guess it means coddling people and hiding (highly appropriate) anger at people who would be so foolish as to write off the unnecessary deaths of both infants and adults.

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If I did that with my kids the house would be destroyed, so nowadays you coddle instead of teaching right from wrong, I'll be dammed if I can't go to a restaurant because my kids misbehave.

However, babies still frequently reject the formula at first; so one has to be very patient to try more than once to coddle the baby to drink formula from a bottle.

«So you're not coddling, but you're validating their feelings.

He continued by discussing Cuomo's coddling of the top one percent — «They need to pay their taxes, so we can fund the public sector.»

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He lovingly coddles Donner's material so much that he suffocates any life from Superman Returns.

So is this evidence teachers are coddled by their education professors and then their professional evaluators?

The 2015 Volvo V60 is just so relaxing and coddling.

Its coddled passengers will feel nothing so undignified as a vibration or a shudder, much less a clumsy shift from the sublimely supple, six - speed ZF automatic transmission.

There are available heated rear seats so even rear passengers are coddled.

No other car can so thoroughly destroy a race circuit before turning around and coddling its fatigued driver on the interstate journey home.

Has she been coddled and cossetted and back - patted so much she can't take anything critical?

As so many others have noted, the most and least enviable aspects are one and the same: the enormous wealth bringing with it a coddled life style, which means on the other hand, that she can never act on her own, doing whatever she wants..

But seriously, they have been coddled by their publishers for so long it seems they've each lost their ability to do business.

So while it is important to recognize handicaps the blind dog might have, it is equally important not to «coddle» the dog.

This magnificent large breed dog is so diverse, it can coddle a small infant and jump to defend an attacker on command.

It is edgier than almost any other European destination, offering plenty of facilities for tourists but not so many that you feel like you're being coddled.

Democrats, who could have filibustered the bill, declined to do so — a decision that had much to do with the proximity of the midterm elections, in the run - up to which, they feared, the President and his Republican allies might gain advantage by accusing them of «coddling terrorists.»

Indeed, that is true, but how many businesses have rules that legislate how much profit you can make, how you can and can not run your business, and how you must molly - coddle your employees (i.e. tenants) to a point of putting you out of business and so on.

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