本研究之目的，在於瞭解外籍母親對學齡前子女之教養信念及影響因素。透過對六位外籍
母親進行深度訪談，一方面瞭解外籍母親教養子女的理念及問題，另一方面藉此激發社會大眾對外籍母親教養問題的關注，以協助其家庭及子女的未來走得更穩健。研究結果發現：(1)在外籍母親學齡前子女的教養現況上，父母雙方均願意投注心力於養育孩子；外籍母親扮演「嚴母」之角色，父親則扮演「慈父」之角色。(2)在對學齡前子女的教養信念上，外籍母親希望孩子健康成長、擁有良好品格及學業優良，若有教養衝突則以夫家信念為主。(3)在影響外籍母親對學齡前子女的教養信念因素上，環境因素、文化因素、原生家庭教養觀及夫家親友信念均會帶來影響。

The purpose of this study is to understand foreign mothers’ cultivating beliefs about educating preschool-aged children and influencing factors. In-depth interviews with six foreign mothers are conducted in order to understand the foreign mothers’ cultivating beliefs and problems on one hand,and on the other hand to arouse society’s concerns for the foreign mothers’ problems in educating their children so that their families and children can be assisted to have a better future development. Findings of the study include: 1. As to the current condition of cultivating preschool children of foreign mothers, the parents are both willing to devote themselves to raising children; the mothers play the roles as “tough moms, ”while the fathers play the roles as “soft dads.” 2. As to the cultivating beliefs about educating preschool- aged children, the foreign mothers wish their children a healthy growth, good character and academic chievement. In case of conflicts about cultivating children, the husbands’ family beliefs are taken as the primary. 3. As to the factors affecting foreign mothers’ cultivating beliefs about educating preschoolaged children, the environment and culture factors as well as the cultivating beliefs from the mothers’ original families and the husbands’ relatives are all influential.