tough love

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Mikmath @Mikmath (103) 4 Feb 21

My family is not a fan of encouraging each other in kind words/ways (maybe one of the reasons why I'm not an expressive person as well). I personally do not like tough love. If a person is going through a hard time, I prefer to...

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Short Story: Nobody, but nobody, is a nobody's child.

emptychair @innertalks (23743) • Australia 1 Feb 21

Jack Rodgert, a long-time Catholic priest, now a Bishop, was walking along the river bank, in his local city, when he saw a young teenage boy asleep, under one of the bridges there. It looked to the Bishop, as if this boy...

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Short Story: Mullah Nasruddin teaches his son, and he gets paid handsomely, for his doing so.

emptychair @innertalks (23743) • Australia 7 Sep 20

The Mullah's son, Abdul, could not yet read, and he used to ask his father to read to him from his scrolls. The Mullah told his son that this was his job, at the mosque, to read, to teach, and to interpret these scriptural...

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Too much love

sofs @sofssu (23660) 29 Nov 18

I gave my friend a whole bunch of plants a couple of weeks ago .. I have been asking her how there are doing periodically.. and today she called and was in tears.. I learnt that her plants looked wilted a couple of days ago and...

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When it comes to my kids

verolop29 @verolop29 (1096) • United States 18 Feb 13

I'm scared to let them go off to play with their neighbors. Why is that? I'm pretty sure I know why but it doesn't change anything. I still feel overprotective of them. It's not that I don't trust them, it's more distrust of other...

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Is a healthy dose of tough love needed?

hoseasmate @hoseasmate (720) • United States 4 Nov 12

I'm a parent of adult children. I have always gone on the assumption that we are family and we help each other out. If either child needs financial help, I help. Both have been the recipient of financial aid from me in the past...

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Do you enjoy watching the TV show "Tough Love"?

thedataminer @thedataminer (515) • United States 30 May 12

I really enjoy watching the television show "Tough Love". I think it's pretty interesting. I especially like the host - the guy - I can't think of his name right now. But he gets very angry doesn't he. (?) What do you think of the...

Why is 'tough love' always tough?

samson1 @samson1 (738) • Jamaica 17 Mar 12

At which point in a relationship is the need to use concept of 'tough love' applicable? Why is 'tough love' always tough?

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Did you ever resent your mother until you went out on your own?

2004cqui @2004cqui (2812) • United States 18 Aug 11

I spent 27 years raising my children. My kids made it very clear they didn't think I was very good at it. Finally when I couldn't stand it any more I kicked them out. They were 20 and 26 years old. They immediately became...

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Teaching my daughter a lesson today about money..was I too tough?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 5 Jun 11

My daughter has been working at a little pizza place here to pay for her car insurance and to have some extra money. She had steadily been getting more and more hours. It is summer so there is no school. I opened her a bank...

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Tough Love

Anora_Eldorath @Anora_Eldorath (6028) • United States 22 Feb 11

I have been reading a great many articles and stories as of late from parents who seem to be conflicted about parenting. It seems to arise when they feel they need to discipline a wayward child and yet are afraid to do so. There...

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Tough Love or Total Embarrassment?

holesworth @holesworth (220) • Australia 23 Apr 10

When I watch American Idol and see how confident some singers are, I am constantly let down by one simple fact: they don't have any talent! Yet, all too often they're prompted to go onto the show by family and friends who tell...

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On Tough Love, who is your favorite girl?

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11287) • United States 21 Nov 09

Who is your favorite girl on the show this year?

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Tough Love...

x_Jo_x @x_Jo_x (1040) 31 Jul 09

If you are in love with more than one person, how do you decide which one to be in a relationship with? Or If more than one person likes you, how do you decide who to be in a relationship with?

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Am I too harsh with my sister?

Valentine28 @Valentine28 (121) • United States 31 May 09

I have a sister who is very lazy and who acts like she can't do anything for herself. She has no job and four children, and she takes advantage of people who try to help her out. For instance, she will ask me to babysit her kids...

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Tough love or not ?

angel_690 @angel_690 (208) • United States 24 May 09

When you are dealing with your children is tough love always best? sometimes I think you need to not be tough but be loving and comforting. What kind of situations would you say tough love is not necessarily the best approach?

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Does Tough Love work?

jess368 @jess368 (3368) • United States 7 Feb 09

Have you ever needed to use tough love on a loved one, whether they were a spouse, child, significant other, parent, etc? Tough love is an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to...

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Do you use tough love?

Sheepie @Sheepie (3112) • United States 4 Nov 08

I find that when you baby people when you help them, it really just leads to them being defendant on you too much. Sometimes you have to straight out tell them what they need and what really needs to go down, not just feel sorry...

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who discipline's your kids?

mattcassethan @mattcassethan (226) • Canada 26 Sep 08

do you do all the discipline or your husband. Do you have the same way of disciplining your children? my husband and i do not agree all the time and i know that is hard for the kids, i just think he is to hard on them, since he...

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Tough love?

kaysue4 @kaysue4 (951) • United States 16 May 08

How far would you go for tough love on your child? Teen? If you have troubled children or teens how far would you go for tough love? Would you put them out of the house, lock them out? Would you take thier doors off of the...

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