tough love

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Tough love, moreover, is a subjective concept.
严厉的爱，更加是一个主观的概念。
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.
德莫斯智囊团进行的研究，跟踪调查了9,000个家庭的生活，发现有13%的家庭采用了“严厉的爱”的方法，温情与训导兼备。
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·里夫斯认为，“严厉的爱”之所以成功，是因为它为孩子建立了自尊，也教会他们自制和礼貌。

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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.