Yi Anguo wasn't trying to show off or seek public adulation. He simply had a sincere hope to contribute to society and reduce the number of left-behind children. Although he had never been a left-behind child himself, his daughter had been. He was acutely aware of how difficult their lives could be.
It wasn't just hard for the children; it was also difficult for their parents and even harder for their grandparents. With many parents away from home, left-behind children often live with their grandparents. Some of these grandparents are elderly and sick, barely able to care for themselves, let alone their grandchildren. Even if they could provide care, they often couldn't educate them properly and didn't even dare to discipline them. Parents can discipline their own children, but grandparents generally won't. After all, a grandchild isn't their own child, and they worry their son and daughter-in-law might object.
