Five ways you might be coddling your child – and the damage it’s doing to their development

It’s a fine line between loving parent and coddling parent. A loving parent might gently wake up their darling child with a kiss in the morning; a coddling parent will wake them with a kiss, bring them their clothes that they’ve had warming on a radiator, go downstairs to make sure breakfast is ready, and generally make sure all is set for the perfect start to the day.