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• n  someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence

• pamperer
• spoiler
• mollycoddler

Quotes

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• Frank Layden in USA Today
  Jerry's tough. He's not a coddler. You always hear about a 'player's coach' and that worries me,said Layden, who still drops by Jazz practices. "The players will take advantage of you."
• Jovito Salonga in Inquirer.net
  Salonga accused Gutierrez of betraying the public trust by being a "coddler of the powerful and corrupt" since she took office in December 2005.