According to Yao, the vast majority of Chengjheng's 200-odd students started out in life far behind most other children and require more caring and patience. A good example is the background of the young man in the Liu case. Born to an unwed mother, he was raised by his grandparents. The family was poor, and he saw nothing of his father.
姚清煇表示，誠正的二百多名學生，絕大多數在人生的起跑點上就比一般孩子差一大截，需要更多的關愛與等待，就像是劉姓少年的成長背景──未婚媽媽所生、隔代教養、家貧、從小父親不聞不問；也因為失去家庭溫暖，導致他小學起就有竊盜行為。