Tuition = Spoonfeeding?

Recently read a comment that parents who give their children tuition are spoonfeeding them and causing them to be 'weak' and unable to apply what they learnt in the workplace.

This got me thinking about the effects of tuition. Would it be positive or negative?
It really boils down to individual teacher/tutor.

I do not advocate spoon-feeding. Students who come to me know that I will never spoon feed them with answers. I will probe and prod to get them to think of the answer. If there is really a need to show the entire working/solution, I will print similar questions and ask them to attempt on their own, to make sure that they can apply the concept on their own.

I have a variety of students who come to me for tuition. Some really need the extra help (no one speaks English at home and he has been failing English). Some come for something 'extra' (already scoring 90++ for all subjects).

Regardless of their 'purpose' of tuition, I try to stretch them. For those scoring well, we sometimes do 'out of the box' stuff together (making ice cream and explaning the science behind it, challenging each other with IQ maths questions, etc).

At the end of the day, parents must ensure that their child is not spoonfed by the tutor or the parents themselves if they do not advocate spoonfeeding them with answers.
Certain enrichment classes really push the kids to think and discover on their own (with scaffolding).

Don't be too quick to put down tuition or enrichment classes. Take some time to discover their methods and based on the feedback you manage to get from the teacher/tutor, you would also know if the child is benefitting (by benefitting, I do not mean academic results alone - rapport with teacher/tutor is also important).