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
Talita	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Nitzan	-	Hebrew
Primo	PREE-mo (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Mclain	[mək'lein]
Arndt	AHRNT	German
Teodors	-	Latvian