> Second, the expectation of coddling is a very very recent phenomenon I think the expectation of (and complaints about!) coddling are actually historically ve

> Second, the expectation of coddling is a very very recent phenomenon I think the expectation of (and complaints about!) coddling are actually historically very well trodden. There's a great reddit thread about this [1] which details historic complaints from the Greco-Roman era all the way to the present. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7btv14/the_more_things_change_the_more_they_stay_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/7btv14/the_more_th...