How does Mrs. Jones give tough love to Roger in "Thank You, M'am"?

There are at least a couple of ways in which Mrs. Jones gives Roger some tough love.  One of these ways is more obvious than the other.

When Mrs. Jones first meets Roger, she gives him some fairly obvious tough love.  First, she kicks him in the seat of his pants.  Then she shakes him until his teeth rattle.  Finally, she physically drags him back to her own home.  In all of these ways, she is giving him tough love.  She is not letting him have what he wants (first the purse, and then to be allowed to run away) and she is being hard on him physically.  Both of these can be seen as examples of tough love.

What happens in Mrs. Jones’ home is less obvious as an example of tough love, but it is tough love nonetheless.  When Roger is in Mrs. Jones’ home, she leaves him alone.  She does not watch him at every moment.  In addition, she treats him very well.  This can be seen as tough love because it forces him to be responsible for his own actions.  She makes him live with himself, knowing that this woman who he tried to rob is treating him so well.  She also makes him have to decide for himself what kind of person he is going to be.  This may not be as obviously “tough” as when she kicks him in the pants, but it may be a tougher kind of love psychologically.