From 1980 to 1989, Chen set up the ROC Youth Development Association, and taught math by the Kumon method. Her classes were a great success, and the number of students skyrocketed from an 19 initially to more than 260.
陳來紅深感親職對孩子的重要，遂在民國六十九年至七十八年間成立「中華民國少年發展協會」，擔任功文數學老師，這個「個人教室」一路發展下來，參與的學員已從初期的十九位增至二百六十多位。