Or maybe I was reading too much into simple hand-holding.

To be sure, some people may not need much hand-holding.

No other tax program we have seen offers such hand-holding.

The last thing I need is someone who requires hand-holding.

That one smile was worth a lot more than hand-holding to me.

He described her as an able student, but one who needed hand-holding in subjects she did not know well.

The reason for the extra hand-holding, if you may, is simple.

The duration of the hand-holding will be up to the people.

The idea is generally the same: get off the boat and experience nature without too much hand-holding.

It is demonstrating hand-holding or not doing anything at all.

Why was it that men required so much emotional hand-holding?

Seven years ago, Jeremy had done a lot of hand-holding.

Hand-holding may help them maintain a sense of connection to security.

"I want to think about what kind of regulation might make it happen with less hand-holding," she said.

How companies deal with the issue of employee hand-holding may well have an impact on their own stock.

They come to the meetings, looking for tips and some hand-holding.

Yet as someone who spent nearly nine hours on the game’s first major quest, a little hand-holding would have been nice.

For those not up on the technology, the hotel offers plenty of hand-holding.

"They're looking to us to provide them with more alternatives; they need a lot of hand-holding."

"But there was a lot of hand-holding over the last year.

"But not at the very high end yet, where a lot of hand-holding is required.

Nor was I just doing the psychological equivalent of hand-holding.

Some aren't exactly comfortable with trading down, and actually need a little hand-holding to get there.

"Hand-holding is something that usually people do once they've confirmed they're a couple," she said.

Combine this with a little hand-holding and she’ll be smiling for days.