Professor Lin points out that fathers who are now in their 70s spent more time away from home making money, and only intervened in the upbringing of their children at certain key times, such as when mothers couldn't control their children. The middle generation of fathers, i.e.
林萬億指出，七十幾歲這一代的父親花比較多的時間在外謀生，對子女的教育也只是在某些關鍵時刻發揮作用，例如媽媽管不動孩子時，才由爸爸出面教訓。