With her daughter set to leave home for college next year, this April Ya-ling left her job as a writer to help Te-chung do her homework, research the application requirements of US colleges, and the like. Chen Ya-ling just hopes that when her daughter thinks of home, she will be flooded with warm memories of having her mother and father beside her.
想到得衷明年上大學後就要離開家，2008 年 4 月她毅然辭去採訪、撰稿的主筆工作，花更多時間陪孩子寫功課、研究美國大學的申請條件、準備便當等，只希望日後女兒想家時，湧上的是爸媽陪在身邊的溫暖感覺。