Cosset GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Cosset GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkɒs.ɪt/ (verb) Definition to give excessive care and attention to someone, treat with great care, indulge, pamper, overindulge, coddle, shelter, mollycoddle, cater to, wrap in cotton wool, protect, fondle, dandle, spoil, baby, pet Example Cosseted children growing up unable to cope with failure because parents are ‘not allowing them to be independent’ Parents who deny their children independence are creating a generation incapable of dealing with failure, leading neuroscientist Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore has warned. A trend over the past two decades towards ‘wrapping children in cotton wool’ or cosseting children is leaving them struggling to cope ...

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