[blindkid] parents of older children at convention

[Debby B]

lol, Barbara, that reminds me of our first convention! Winona and Daniel were 4, 
and he was not about to be left out. He "played" blind so well, everyone thought 
he had less vision than she. He was rewarded with a cane, and thoroughly enjoyed 
using it for months. He also didn't mind telling anyone who would listen how 
they should properly use their canes.

 Debby
bwbddl at yahoo.com


~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark 
Twain




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From: "Barbara.Mathews at sce.com" <Barbara.Mathews at sce.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 9:33:23 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] parents of older children at convention

        When my sighted older daughter was that age, she loved to come to 
Convention.  She slept in the morning as long as she wanted to -- a big plus for 
a teenager!  She always found other siblings to hang out with.  One year she 
became great friends with a girl who was losing her vision but still had a lot, 
and needed to be encouraged to use her cane.  So my daughter borrowed a cane and 
they both walked around with them.  





From:        "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> 
To:        "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>, "'NFBnet 
Blind Kid Mailing List,        \(for parents of blind children\)'" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org> 

Date:        05/16/2011 02:06 PM 
Subject:        [blindkid] parents of older children at convention 
Sent by:        blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org 
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Hi,



Potentially I will be taking a 14, 13, and 11 year old to convention. My 13
year old son is blind, and I have already signed him up for all and every
youth track activity possible. I am a bit concerned about my 14 year old 



What do other parents do with teenagers while at convention?



My fear is that my 14 year old, will be bored out of his mind. Yes, I am
sure he would learn a lot about blindness, but there is ONLY so much for a
14 year old to do, while I am in meetings, and doing the normal convention
thing. It would be one thing if we were going to FL for a vacation, and
could leave the hotel, but as we will be in the hotel most of our time. He
is the type of child that is going to want to go out. Go out of the hotel
and do sight seeing.  I am honestly not even worried about my 11 year old. 



If you have suggestions for me, ideas, advice, please email me off list at
marsha.drenth at gmail.com 



Thank you,

Marsha 

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