His father was a soldier who fought all over the mainland before settling in Taiwan in 1949, an experience that made him constantly exhort his son to seek "a settled life."
民國卅八年，身為軍人的父親隨著部隊四處轉戰遷徙，最後到達台灣落腳，這一段艱辛的逃難經歷，給徐父留下了難以磨滅的印象，因此往後他對兒子常以「安定生活」來耳提面命，而它也成為日後徐崇林選擇職業時的首要考慮。