獅し子しの子こ落おとし

expression

testing one's children by putting them through hardship

Proverbial expression derived from the belief that a lion pushes its cubs off a cliff to raise only the strong ones. Used metaphorically for strict parenting or tough love.

• 彼かれの教きょう育いく方ほう針しんはまさに獅し子しの子こ落おとしだ。

  His educational policy is exactly like 'throwing the cubs off the cliff'—a tough-love approach.

• 獅し子しの子こ落おとしという言こと葉ばがあるように、子こ供どもをあえて厳きびしい環かん境きょうに置おくことも必ひつ要ようだ。

  As the saying 'shishi no ko otoshi' suggests, it is sometimes necessary to deliberately place children in harsh environments.