"Ideas change as the social environment changes," says Lin. He thinks that the reason elderly Taiwanese tend to look to their children to care for them in their old age is that Taiwanese society continually stresses the idea of filial piety and encourages the generations to live together.
「觀念會隨社會環境修正」，林萬億認為，目前台灣老人之所以傾向由子女奉養，與台灣社會一再強調「三代同堂」、「孝道」觀念不無關係。