Is this correct English? To say “we had to do a lot of hand holding” to describe someone needs a lot of guidance 🥔🤔

I started laughing today in the middle of a meeting and it was in person too, I guess I am not used to in person meetings! I usually do this when my camera is off.

He said it twice, “I have been doing a lot of hand holding with him” 🥔😂😂😂😂

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DoubleRings · 51-55, F

Yes it’s correct and very common. “Doing a lot of handholding” is casual, figurative language to mean anything from greatly supporting consoling, cajoling, intensive guiding, maybe even to the point of babying someone in order to complete some task, essentially. Whatever it is, they should be able to do it more independently.

“Holding someone’s hand” when worded like that could mean the same, but could also be construed by some people as actually holding hands during a task which prob isn’t very helpful when completing a task lol.