The study reported a phenomenological analysis of the interviews with 11 mothers who
had a child with visual impairments with other disabilities.
The research question was what mother experienced in supporting their child in secondary
sexual character. Results indicated that “secondary sexual character” was described as the
most stressful period affecting all the family members. Mother's experiences were portrayed
from three perspectives: mothers, as family members, experiencing the attachment to her
child but conflicts with her husbands; mothers, as individuals, adjusting by trying to setting
realistic capacity for the her child while supporting her physically, emotionally, and
spiritually, and mothers, as critics to extrafamilly systems, blaming the inconsistency of
educational policies. This study was conducted with a holistic view, and highlighted the
importance of interactions between traditional ideology about the mother roles and
socioeconomic contexts when interpreting mothers’ supporting child in study for a college
entrance examination.