- Tough love
Tough love is an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run.
In most uses, there must be some actual love or feeling of affection behind the harsh or stern treatment to be defined as tough love. For example, genuinely concerned parents refusing to support their
drug -addicted child financially until he or she entersdrug rehabilitation would be said to be practicing tough love. A coach who trains his players hard and is strict, but likes his players could also be said to be practicing tough love.The rise in the number of deaths of teenagers participating in tough love–based programs has questioned the principle of tough love. [http://www.mapinc.org/tlcnews/v06/n126/a05.html?281988]
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* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/teenboot/teenboot2.html Teen dies in tough love program ("Newsweek", July 2001)]
* [http://outside.away.com/magazine/1095/10f_deth.html Teen starves to death as result of tough love ("Loving them to death", "Outside Magazine", October 1995)]
* [http://insidecostarica.com/specialreports/dundee_ranch_timeout.htm Abuse in a tough love school in Costa Rica ("Tough love school sent to timeout", "Inside Costa Rica", June 2003)]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800062.html The Trouble With Tough Love ("Washington Post", Maia Szalavitz)]
* [http://www.naturalchild.org/jan_hunt/tough_love.html Tough Love by Jan Hunt, Natural Child Project]
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