To improve his parenting skills, Fu read many books on the subject, including one called The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, which greatly inspired him. The book warns adults not to overestimate their influence on their children.
為了學習教養技巧，傅伯寧看了很多書。其中一本《教養的迷思》給他很大的啟發，書中提到：「大人們別太高估自己的影響力，孩子不會因為父母的教養而有太大的改變。」