We sought to retrospectively understand current caregivers’ childhood experiences of apartheid in South Africa. A sample of eight caregivers (black = 3, white = 2, mixed race = 3; age range = 29 to 55 years) took part in the study. We asked them to reflect on what it was to care for and to be a child in the apartheid era. We also asked them about the likely effects on child development and family well-being. Thematic analysis of the data suggested socio-ecologies of child and family to range from pathology and intergenerational trauma, through to indifference and reconcilement of historical traumas. Effects are likely to be intergenerational portending residual effects of apartheid among today’s child caregivers in post-colonial South Africa.

我们试图回顾性地了解南非南部当前种族隔离的看护者的童年经历。八名护理人员的样本（黑人= 3，白人= 2，混合种族= 3；年龄范围= 29至55岁）参加了研究。我们要求他们反思种族隔离时代要照顾和成为一个孩子的问题。我们还询问了他们对儿童发育和家庭福祉的可能影响。对数据的主题分析表明，儿童和家庭的社会生态学范围从病理学和世代间的伤害到对历史创伤的冷漠与和解。这种影响很可能是代际种族，预示着南非后殖民时代的今天的儿童保育人员对种族隔离的残余影响。