Yi Chin-chun notes that in Western society grandparents are seen as "relatives" one step removed from the nuclear family. But for Chinese, the grandparents are completely integrated as "family members."
伊慶春指出，西方社會視祖父母為和核心家庭隔了一層的「親屬」關係，但對台灣社會而言，祖父母則是完全融入、不分彼此的「家人」。