1. the practice of providing intensive education or training to a child at an early age to accelerate development or achievement
Usage: often used in educational contexts; can carry connotations of pressure or excessive expectations

1. to subject (a child) to intensive education or training at an early age; to cultivate or develop rapidly in a controlled environment
Usage: third-person singular present or gerund form of 'hothouse'

Examples

• The school's hothousing approach focuses on advanced mathematics and reading for kindergarteners.
• Some parents worry that hothousing their children may lead to burnout rather than success.
• The program is hothousing young musicians through daily practice and rigorous instruction.
• Critics argue that hothousing removes the joy of childhood learning.
• The academy specializes in hothousing gifted students in STEM subjects.
• Hothousing can produce impressive short-term results, but long-term effects remain debated.