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
Raheem	rah-HEE:M	Arabic
Mabella	-	English (Rare)
Nilda	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Maloney	[mə'ləuni]
Boyana	-	Bulgarian
Hallr	-	Ancient Scandinavian