Examples such as Yuki's are important because they can remind parents to reflect upon their own behavior. Yeh points out that after a father has physically or emotionally abused a child, then it is asking too much to expect the child to be filial when he or she grows up. That kind of parental behavior cannot be justified today.
這樣的社會案例，更重要的意義是在提醒父母應該省思自己的「教子之道」，葉光輝指出，當老一代不盡「父慈」，甚至孩子成長過程被虐待、情感創傷累累，如此還要求孩子成人後要盡孝，是強人所難，在今天已沒有正當性可言。