tough love
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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