Example sentences:

Ramayana:  Maricha knew how powerful Rama was and how dangerous Ravana’s scheme to abduct Rama’s wife would be; so, he refused to mollycoddle Ravana.

Mahabharata: If Dhritarashtra hadn’t mollycoddled Duryodhana in his childhood, maybe Duryodhana wouldn’t have become so arrogant later.

Bhagavad-gita:  If we are serious about doing justice to our potentials, we have to stop mollycoddling our mind.