And anyway, middle-class families like the Lins can't offer their children a life of luxury. Lin Chih-cheng remarks that "as long as we do everything equally, the children will not complain or feel badly treated." The Lins make a real effort to treat their own and their foster children as fairly as possible.
小康的林家並不能提供孩子優渥的享受，「只要做到公平，孩子就不會不平衡，」林志成表示，他們對自己的孩子和寄養孩子儘量做到一視同仁，不但環境一樣，要求一致，賞罰也相同。