Darbyshire Philip, Oerther Sarah
224530Philip Darbyshire Consulting Ltd, Highbury, Australia.
School of Nursing, 7547Saint Louis University, MO, USA.
J Child Health Care. 2021 Dec;25(4):523-533. doi: 10.1177/1367493520965836. Epub 2020 Oct 6.
Parenthood and parenting are concepts central for child and family health nurses and professionals. They are foundational to numerous nursing philosophies such as 'family-centred care' and 'parent participation'. Yet our understanding of the meaning of being a parent remains difficult to articulate and is often operationalised as collections of assessable techniques and skills. We propose an alternative understanding of parenthood, based on the work of Martin Heidegger and his turn to poetry, that is more ontologically focused on the meaning of a parent and valuable to nurses seeking to understand or research the existential core of this complex relationship. Alternative ways of understanding parenthood will help nurses grasp the complexities of family relationships they will encounter in practice. Researchers may also frame their investigations and explorations of parenting and parent-child-professional relationships in ways that do not rely exclusively on 'technologies' of parenting skills and techniques. Heidegger's thinking opens up valuable ways of exploring, understanding and researching parenthood that can benefit nurses in clinical practice, education and research. In its ability to challenge the most fundamental of assumptions and to propose challenging alternatives, Heideggerian approaches to understanding the meaning of parenthood can help advance child and family nursing research and practice.
为人父母及养育子女是儿童与家庭健康护理人员及专业人士的核心概念。它们是众多护理理念（如“以家庭为中心的护理”和“家长参与”）的基础。然而，我们对为人父母意义的理解仍难以阐述清楚，且常常被具体化为一系列可评估的技术和技能。基于马丁·海德格尔的著作及其对诗歌的转向，我们提出了一种对为人父母的不同理解，这种理解在本体论上更关注父母的意义，对那些试图理解或研究这种复杂关系的存在核心的护士来说具有价值。理解为人父母的其他方式将有助于护士把握他们在实践中将会遇到的家庭关系的复杂性。研究人员也可以以不完全依赖养育技能和技巧的“技术”的方式来构建他们对养育子女以及亲子与专业人员关系的调查和探索。海德格尔的思想开辟了探索、理解和研究为人父母的宝贵途径，这对护士在临床实践、教育和研究中都有益处。由于海德格尔式方法能够挑战最基本的假设并提出具有挑战性的替代方案，因此理解为人父母意义的海德格尔式方法有助于推动儿童与家庭护理研究及实践。
