wait on foot and hand

two years of coddling has resulted in trees that expect to be wait on foot and hand 这句话的大概意思我明白，问一下高手这句话的结构，谁能帮我分析一下？谢谢啦！

The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.
请问这句话的翻译～