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☆ tough love
a disciplinary technique, as for a young person or a loved one, in which a seemingly harsh or unfeeling course of action is chosen deliberately over one demonstrating the tenderness or forbearance instinctively felt
Etymology: < TOUGHLOVE, a trademark for a program offering family counseling
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