This study took purposive sampling and recruited the parents from the pediatric neurotic department in a Medical center hospital in Taichung. Researchers recruited the cases that included: (a) the children aged from seven to twelve years old, intractable epilepsy over 6 months and still in medical administration, (b) Father or mother takes the children to see the doctor, the children with epilepsy without mental retardation, (c) the parents could speak in Chinese or Taiwanese and willing to be tape-recorded during the interviewing. Researchers explained the purpose and methods of the research to the qualified parents. After informed consent, researchers made an appointment for the interview in children’s home. in a natural, individual environment semi-structured interview guide conducted the parents’ caring experiences. All the dialogue was tape-recorded. Data collection was analyzed by Giorgi phenomenology(1985). The data collection was completed after analyzing 15 parents’ interviews, then the data was saturated. The guides of the interview were as following: (a) Could you talk about your understanding about epilepsy when your children was diagnosed epilepsy? (b) Did you know how to take care of the child at that time? Where did you get the information? (c) Did your child with this disease impact your job and family? How is it? (d) How did you feel when the doctor confirmed the diagnosis? What is your supportive system? (e) Except the medical administration, what else treatment your child had taken? (f) What did you concern the most for your epileptic child? Results There were 15 parents, 12 mothers and 3 fathers, aged from 31~ 42 years old. Following analysis of the interviews, two patterns were recognized: (A) the parents’ experiences in taking care of their epileptic children and, (B) the coping behaviors developed by the parents. The parents’ experiences in taking care their epileptic children were concluded or divided into two themes: (1)the perception
