TY - JOUR AB - <p>It is barely taken into account that a visually impaired child might one day become a parent. Research on the insider perspectives of parents on parenting with a visual impairment is scarce. This exploratory study reports on how six mothers and seven fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood. An individual or paired open interview, followed by qualitative content analysis, captured their multi-layered and personal lived experiences on parenting. Analysis of the data collected revealed three themes: the actual practices of daily parenting as an exploration of a personal and unique toolbox for each parent; a parental urge to prove themselves to overcome extra doubts, pressure and othering; and the relational work of parents with their partner and child(ren).</p> AU - Jentel Van Havermaet, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove DA - 2021/2// DO - 10.21825/digest.v7i2.17565 IS - 2 VL - 7 PB - Ghent University PY - 2021 TI - Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood T2 - DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies UR - https://www.digest.ugent.be/article/id/66156/ ER -