Examples of 'tough love' in a sentence
Meaning of "tough love"
This phrase describes a parenting or mentoring approach that combines strictness and discipline with genuine care and concern. It involves setting and enforcing boundaries, rules, and consequences while simultaneously expressing love and support. It aims to guide and teach through tough and challenging situations, fostering personal growth and character development
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- The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.
- Alternative form of tough-love
How to use "tough love" in a sentence
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This was not the tough love of a mother.
Tough love is always motivated by a positive intention.
It was really tough love with my father.
Tough love is not always the answer.
I thought she needed a little tough love.
Tough love is better than being soft.
I am gonna have to give you tough love.
Tough love is going to be making a big comeback.
Sometimes we had to use a little tough love.
A tough love approach to the tough game of love.
You just needed some tough love.
Your tough love helped me grow up.
Psychologists call such a stance tough love.
Spare me the tough love speech.
Sometimes it just needs some tough love.
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Could use some tough love these days.
Maybe there is such a thing as tough love.
I tried the tough love approach.
Blackmail is just an extreme form of tough love.
She practices a tough love on her younger sisters.
I will give him some tough love.
But tough love will not get us there.
Sometimes we all need a little tough love.
Save the tough love for someone else.
I am just dealing out some tough love.
His version of tough love was no love.
I do not need you to be giving me tough love.
With all this tough love paternal shit.
This is what you call tough love.
This tough love thing totally works with me.
You will have a tough love life.
His tough love is the reason.
I heard you have a tough love life.
Tough love for a tough situation.
He just needed a bit of tough love was all.
Some tough love is on call here.
And the baby needs tough love.
Spare me the tough love rationalization.
Maybe what we need is more tough love.
Sometimes tough love is better than no love at all.
Offer your adult child tough love.
One is that tough love can sometimes work.
I understand the need for tough love.
But tough love is the best kind of love.
Sometimes we have to use tough love on ourselves.
Tough love is never easy to implement.
It is time for a little bit of tough love.
Tough love is for parents too.
I am not talking about that tough love.
Tough love hurts the most.
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