Out in the countryside, in Toufen, Miaoli County, an occasional patient drops in for an appointment at dentist Chen Hsieh-chi's clinic. But the sound that predominates isn't the buzz of the dental drill but the ringing voice of Chen's eight-and-half-year-old daughter Yu-hsuan reciting the classics. "My income has been halved," says Chen Hsieh-chi.
苗栗頭份鄉下，陳謝祺的牙醫診所中偶有病人上門看診，但大部分時間裡，診所傳出的不是刺耳的機器鑽牙聲，而是八歲半女孩陳宥瑄的琅琅讀書聲，「現在我的收入減半，全心放在孩子身上，」陳謝祺說。