The whole affair caused quite a controversy, and some thought since Yuki was financially able, she should be more sympathetic and take care of the old man. "But it was obvious that society was no longer responding by simply saying 'parents can do no wrong,'" says Yeh Kuang-hui. Yeh believes that social progress has undermined the traditional authoritarian relationship between generations, causing it to be gradually discarded.
雖然輿論對此意見紛陳，有人認為後代既有能力、應該抱著更大的悲憫心照顧老人，「但社會明顯不再單純以天下無不是的父母來回應，」葉光輝認為，傳統權威性的兩代關係，隨著社會的發展，漸漸說不出一個道理，慢慢也就被揚棄。