Abstract This is a qualitative study whose objective was to understand the meaning attributed by parents to the Therapeutic Play in the nursing assistance to their children. Phenomenology as the Situated Phenomenon was used as the theoretical and methodological frameworks. Data were collected by using recorded interviews with the parents of children assisted at the Pediatric Inpatients and Outpatients Units of a School Hospital and of a philanthropic institution of Sao Paulo City. Results showed that parents consider the Therapeutic […]