失独之后——关于失独家庭的人类学研究

When Losing Their Only Child—— A Study about the Families Who Lose Their One-Child

20世纪70年代末80年代初,我国计划生育政策开始严格实施,国家通过行政手段干预人们的生育选择,经过三十年之久,独生子女家庭已经成为中国家庭结构的主要模式。但看似稳固的三口之家,实际却承担着高风险,一旦家庭最年轻的成员即独生子女去世将会造成整个家庭名存实亡,变得风雨飘摇。失独父母特别是不能再生育的失独老人面临很多的困难,其中养老问题是亟待解决的。失独老人在经历生命不能承受之痛的同时也会通过互助组织来相互慰藉,不再封闭自己,重树生活的信心。

Since the late 1970s, China＇ s family planning policy is enforced strictly; the government interferes with the choice of bearing through administrative means. After thirty years, the only-child family is already the dominant family form. A family of three looks like strong and stable but actually once the only child passes away, the whole family will be at great risk and fall apart. The parents who lost their only child face a lot of difficulties. The urgent one is when they grow older who will take care of them. During the research we also find that the parents are helping each other in self-support organizations.