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
Connelly	['kɔnəli]
Achilles	ə-KIL-eez (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Desiderio	-	Italian, Spanish
Eleazar	el-ee-AY-zər (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Bernardita	-	Spanish
ReİS	-	Turkish