[KyleGoetz]

To further explicate a bit, "cuddle" and "coddle" are different. masaegu has the right English word (coddle), not KellyMD (cuddle).

"Cuddle" is more what lovers do after sex or instead of sex. "Coddle" is what a mother does to a child, esp. babying him and spoiling him.

甘える is when a mother babies her child. It's "coddling," not "cuddling."