Although her son and his wife were divorced because of personality conflicts when the child was three, the two didn't let themselves become enemies, and instead worked together even more closely to make decisions about how to raise the child. That may explain why it was relatively easy for the girl's grandmother to take on the responsibility.
薛阿嬤以自家為例，雖然薛小妹的父母在她三歲時因個性不合分手，但兩家人並未因此反目成仇，反而是更加緊密配合、合力撫養孩子，這或許是隔代教養能順利運作的主要原因。