Coddle or pamper

• Treat like a child
• Provide with so much help as to remove any challenge
• Longest common word in the English language ... that has its letters in reverse alphabetical order

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. feed with a spoon teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students"

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) to feed using a spoon 2 (context transitive figuratively English) to teach or assist whilst requiring little or no effort on the part of the person being taught or assisted