spoon-feed

spoon-feed someone

Fig. to treat someone with too much care or help; to teach someone with methods that are too easy and do not stimulate the learner to independent thinking. The teacher spoon-feeds the students by dictating notes on the novel instead of getting the children to read the books. You mustn't spoon-feed the new recruits by telling them what to do all the time. They must use their initiative.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MÁEl Coluim	-	Scottish
Ziv	-	Hebrew
Ezhil	-	Tamil
Hosea	[həu'ziə]
Auxentios	-	Ancient Greek
Elliot	EL-ee-ət	English