Thinking back on his long career in education, Hsieh recalls seeing many families struck by misfortunes like extramarital affairs, divorce, accidental death, unemployment, and debt, and many cases of parents so absorbed in their careers or businesses that they neglected their kids. He became deeply convinced that the pressures of modern society are simply exhausting people both physically and mentally.
回想多年教育生涯，謝孟霖目睹許多家庭遭逢外遇離婚、意外失親、失業負債等變故，或是家長顧著拚事業卻忽略孩子成長，深深感到現代社會的壓力已令人心力交瘁。