Rarely do we hear about the experience of the parents of children in care, both in the child welfare system and in the scientific literature. Thus, very little is known about their experience of parenthood, despite the rather particular context in which it takes place, whereas they do not take care of their child on a daily basis. The aim of this article is to present an experience of parenthood that takes into account the aspect of temporality. The results presented are from a social work doctoral thesis at the Université de Montréal, where data was collected from nine parents of children permanently placed with an extended family member (Dorval, 2022). The theoretical basis is the theoretical model of parenthood proposed by Houzel (1999) and the methodological approach used is that of the life story (Bertaux, 2014). The narrative analyses show that the biographical events experienced by the parents and the notion of trajectory are essential to a better understanding of the parents’ experiences. These two aspects refer to the notion of temporality, an inescapable aspect of parenthood, particularly in the context of the permanent placement of one’s child.