Theoretically, children given over to the grandparents to bring up will best be able to inherit the family character. Yet, in fact, older people love to playfully bring up children separated from them by a generation. No matter whether it is in the degree of supervision or the types of activity, all are very different to the ways in which they brought up their own children when they themselves were young.
照理說給阿媽、阿公帶的孩子，最能承傳這個家族的家風；然而事實上老人家用「含飴弄孫」的心情「隔代教養」，無論在管教尺度或活動方式上，都和年輕時教自己子女輩不同。