When her children were jeered at by schoolmates as "the commie spy's kids," Yen would sternly tell them: "Hold your heads up high. We haven't let down our country or people in any way. Quite the opposite: we've done our duty."
當孩子們在學校裡遭到同學嘻笑他們是「匪諜的小孩」，這時嚴秀峰就會正色的告訴孩子們：「你們把頭抬起來，我們沒有對不起國家民族，相反地，我們已經盡了我們的義務。」