After this, the therapist held a meeting with both parents, and undertook marriage and family counseling. The main goals were to bring the husband and wife closer together, and to encourage the husband to devote more time to his family, in order to reduce the heavy burden Hsiao Ming felt as "substitute man around the house."
從此，心理輔導師改與小明的父母共同會談，進行婚姻與家庭治療，主要目標放在拉近夫妻距離，促使先生投入家庭生活，以減少小明擔負「代理家長」的重擔和期望。