This is due to the industrialization of society, and the concentration of population in urban areas. Now most families in Taiwan are closer to the nuclear family pattern common in the West, and frequently both father and mother have outside jobs.
在現代化的都市社會中，職業婦女的數目日增，無法再像傳統婦女一般，成天在家帶孩子；有些太太雖然不是職業婦女，但也希望在一天中能有段屬於自己的時間，毫無牽絆地去買菜、洗頭、外出辦事、整理家務……，因此也會送孩子上托兒所或幼稚園。