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
Dike	-	Greek Mythology
Sven	SVEN	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch
Cody	KO-dee	English, Irish
Gabriels	-	Latvian
Ekaterine	-	Georgian
Pherenike	-	Ancient Greek