Erklärung: Not easy at all. The his/her business for "child" is one of the problems. This is as close as I can get.
When children are taught something they are being prevented from discovering it themselves.
Kim Metzger Mexiko Muttersprache: Englisch PRO-Punkte in Kategorie: 44
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Bei allem... With everything...
Erklärung: you teach a child, you actually prevent it from discovering itself.
Or words to that effect. I've selected a low confidence level because I'm not a native speaker of German but I have heard "bei allem" used in this sense before. Perhaps some of the native speakers could comment?
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It would probably be somewhat easier if we had the context too.
The translation workplace 
