tough love

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Tough love, moreover, is a subjective concept.
嚴(yán)厲的愛，更加是一個(gè)主觀的概念。
The study, by the think tank Demos, tracked the lives of 9,000 families and found that 13% used a "tough love" approach, which combines warmth and discipline.
德莫斯智囊團(tuán)進(jìn)行的研究，跟蹤調(diào)查了9,000個(gè)家庭的生活，發(fā)現(xiàn)有13%的家庭采用了“嚴(yán)厲的愛”的方法，溫情與訓(xùn)導(dǎo)兼?zhèn)洹?/li>
Richard Reeves, director of Demos, argued that "tough love" was successful because it built up a child's self-esteem but also taught them to be restrained and respectful.
德莫斯的主任理查德·里夫斯認(rèn)為，“嚴(yán)厲的愛”之所以成功，是因?yàn)樗鼮楹⒆咏⒘俗宰?，也教?huì)他們自制和禮貌。

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the fact of deliberately not showing too much kindness to a person who has a problem so that the person will start to solve their own problem

Tough love is the practice of being very strict with a relative or friend who has an addiction or other problem in order to help them overcome the problem.