Guruge Sepali, Lamaj Paula, Lee Charlotte, Ronquillo Charlene Esteban, Sidani Souraya, Leung Ernest, Ssawe Andrew, Altenberg Jason, Amanzai Hasina, Morrison Lynn
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Toronto, Canada.
AIMS Public Health. 2021 Feb 5;8(1):172-185. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2021013. eCollection 2021.
Parenting is a demanding undertaking, requiring continuous vigilance to ensure children's emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. It has become even more challenging in the context of COVID-19 restrictions that have led to drastic changes in family life. Based on the results of a qualitative interpretive descriptive study that aimed to understand the experiences of immigrants living in apartment buildings in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, this paper reports the experiences of 50 immigrant parents. During the summer and fall of 2020, semi-structured interviews were conducted by phone or virtually, audio-recorded, then translated and transcribed. The transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results revealed that parenting experiences during the pandemic entailed dealing with changing relationships, coping with added burdens and pressures, living in persistent fear and anxiety, and rethinking lifestyles and habits. Amid these changes and challenges, some parents managed to create opportunities for their children to improve their diet, take a break from their rushed lives, get in touch with their cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and spend more quality time with their family. While immigrant parents exhibit remarkable resilience in dealing with the pandemic-related meso and macro-levels restrictions, funding and programs are urgently needed to support them in addressing the impact of these at the micro level.
养育子女是一项艰巨的任务，需要持续保持警惕，以确保孩子的情感、身体和精神健康。在新冠疫情限制措施导致家庭生活发生巨大变化的背景下，这一任务变得更具挑战性。基于一项定性解释性描述性研究的结果，该研究旨在了解居住在加拿大多伦多地区公寓楼中的移民的经历，本文报告了50位移民父母的经历。在2020年夏秋两季，通过电话或线上方式进行了半结构化访谈，进行了录音，然后进行翻译和转录。使用主题分析法对转录文本进行了分析。结果显示，疫情期间的育儿经历包括应对不断变化的关系、应对额外的负担和压力、生活在持续的恐惧和焦虑之中，以及重新思考生活方式和习惯。在这些变化和挑战中，一些父母设法为孩子创造机会，改善他们的饮食，从忙碌的生活中稍作休息，接触他们的文化和语言背景，并与家人共度更多有质量的时光。虽然移民父母在应对与疫情相关的中观和宏观层面的限制时表现出了非凡的适应能力，但迫切需要资金和项目来支持他们应对这些限制在微观层面的影响。
