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tough love
tough loven. The use of strict disciplinary measures and limitations on freedoms or privileges, as by a parent or guardian, as a means of fostering responsibility and expressing care or concern.tough love n the practice of taking a stern attitude towards a relative or friend suffering from an addiction, etc, to help the addict overcome the problem Translationstough love
tough loveHelp, guidance, or advice given to someone in a manner that does not offer or tolerate leniency in rules or discipline. Treating someone in such a way can be done in general or, as is often the case, to try to change behavior or a particular problem, such as addiction. That boy's parents let him do whatever he wants, but he's in for some tough love when he gets to his grandmother's house—she's kind but strict! What I really wanted when I went to rehab was tough love, instead of more people enabling me.See also: love, toughtough ˈlove treating somebody in a harsh way in order to help them improve their situation or change the way they behave: She believes in ‘tough love’ for dealing with disruptive youngsters.See also: love, toughtough love
tough loven. The use of strict disciplinary measures and limitations on freedoms or privileges, as by a parent or guardian, as a means of fostering responsibility and expressing care or concern.A term referring to a parent’s 'active nonintervention' in the societal consequences of a child’s or adolescent’s misbehaviour—e.g., allowing the police to arrest him or her for drug possession or use, or DUI—driving under the influence (of drugs or alcohol)—etc.tough love Pop psychology A parent's “active nonintervention” in the societal consequences of a child's or adolescent's misbehavior–eg, allowing the police to arrest her for drug possession or use, for DUI, etcFinancialSeet/l |