His sons never let him down, however. One of the children's tutors recalled that Fan got up every day at 5 a.m. to study with his sons, and did not go to bed until the teacher and students had retired also.
每個父親都希望自己的孩子書念得好，而范朝燈的十個孩子，沒有一個讓他失望，他是如何鼓勵孩子念書的呢？據一位曾在他家擔任家庭教師的先生說，范朝燈每天早晨五點起床陪孩子讀書；每天晚上，老師和孩子未睡，他也一定不肯就寢。