using tough love theme

A character, typically a parent or mentor, must choose in a given situation whether to be harsh with a another for their own good.

6 total · 2 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tng1x22 major Captain Picard decided not to fix the drug addicted aliens space ship to stop them from being able to get more drugs.
voy7x19 major Q and Janeway treated Q Junior harshly as a means of teaching him some discipline.
ahp2x10 minor Jonathan had to be tough and force Gil to go back to school so that Gil could get a life of his own.
movie: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) minor Jimmy's parents decided to ground him for having messed up the house after some deliberation on the matter.
rd1988e7x08 minor Kochanski explained to Kryten that he should back off and let Lister cope by himself, for Lister's own good. Kryten reluctantly acceded.
tng5x10 minor Worf threatened to send Alexander to a Klingon school where he would learn some discipline.