Hsu notes that the spread of readership across age groups and the blurring of boundaries between issues of concern to children and adults is a sign of social improvement. "We should squarely face the comprehension skills of children and dispense with the ingrained notion that children's literature should be innocent and simple," says Hsu.
許建崑表示，這種閱讀年齡層的擴張，與兒童、成人關心議題的界線消弭，是一個社會進步的表現，「我們應該要正視兒童的理解能力，打破兒少文學就該天真、單純的刻板印象，」許建崑說。