"Children who can't make a career so that they have nothing to offer but sacrifice or who try to follow the traditional 24 Examples of Filial Piety are not the modern models for filial piety. Kuo holds that modern awards should look for people with successful careers who also take good care of their parents.
「只有犧牲，卻缺乏生活能力，不是現代孝順典範，」郭東曜認為，現代孝親獎應該強調的面向之一是，事業有成的社會人士，也應該將父母照顧好。