tough love

(mainly American)

a method of helping someone to change their behaviour by treating them in a very severe way Tough love is the only approach to take towards a relative hooked on drugs.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eerik	E:-reek	Finnish
Katheryn	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English
Dymphna	DIMF-na	Irish
Noburu	no-boo-ṙoo	Japanese
Aherne	[ə'hɜ:n]
Jehoash	ji-HO-ash (English), jee-HO-ash (English)	Biblical