本研究從「個體在群體內所敘說的生命故事中所再現的社會心理意義」為立基，以敘事研究的質性分析方法，探究當今社會家庭內男性照顧者的勞動心境，及其所凸顯的人文價值。文中將研究田野中所發生的人我互動，以及所敘說的故事，置於可與哲思文獻相應之對話中， 試圖爬梳長期投身於照顧家人的苦勞中隱而未顯的反思性意義。

This article is a narrative analysis of the life stories of men who are caring elderly family members full-time. The stories were told in the peer-group sessions held for a research project which aims at exploring the moods and thoughts of men in such hard-working situation as long-term caring labor. The article also describes significant events which happened in the group sessions, as well as carries out dialogues with philosophical thoughts, in order to highlight the implicit humanistic meanings of being a male caregiver in the traditional cultural context of patriarchal society.