Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify the aspect of "childcaring-ness" which is part of the child-caring person. As the study method, three types of records about the person's own practice of child care were used in an auto-ethnographical method with "untold" child care as the framework. The "childcaring-ness" in this study is defined as what is represented by the picture of ways of receiving and thinking drawn in the auto-ethnography, distinctive of the child-caring person. The results of the analysis highlighted three matters considered to depict "childcaring-ness": 1) hesitation about specialization, 2) unconscious awareness and 3) giving meaning to one's own child care. By shedding light on "untold" child care by auto-ethnography, the portrayal of the "childcaring-ness" which exists in the invisible practice of child care was made possible.
