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Tough Love

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Tough Love
A term referring to a parent’s 'active nonintervention' in the societal consequences of a child’s or adolescent’s misbehaviour—e.g., allowing the police to arrest him or her for drug possession or use, or DUI—driving under the influence (of drugs or alcohol)—etc.
tough love
Pop psychology A parent's “active nonintervention” in the societal consequences of a child's or adolescent's misbehavior–eg, allowing the police to arrest her for drug possession or use, for DUI, etc
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