As the Tung-men survey showed, traffic, noise, pollution, and political demonstrations already constitute another source of stress in the daily life of the urban child. The noise and traffic control of demonstrations create inconveniences, schools next to overpasses have had to erect double-layered noise barriers, children in schools in industrial zones have to wear filters over their mouths or do an emergency evacuation if a nearby factory emits some chemical.
正如東門國小的調查顯示，交通、噪音、汙染、示威遊行等，已構成都會區孩童的日常壓力源：示威遊行的喧譁和交通管制構成不便、高架橋旁的小學加裝雙層隔音窗、工業區中的小學生要戴口罩上課，遇到附近工廠的化學氣體外洩時，還得緊急疏散……。