[blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
trishs
slosser at metrocast.net
Wed Oct 29 03:48:39 UTC 2008
When in public
because
It takes a village."
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M." <Rebecca.Pickrell at ngc.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:37:04 -0400
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
>Exactly.
>It's not my job to tell other parents how to do something with
regard to
>their children, so while I personally may not like the way a
child is
>behaving, it just isn't my problem unless that child is doing
something
>that affects his or her own safety, or mine or that of my child.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Amber Boggs
>Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:07 AM
>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
>I agree with you on one point. If a child is being disruptive at
an
>event the parents should try and keep them quiet. On the other
points I
>totally have to disagree with you on. If a parent allows there
children
>to run threw a store witch by the way is a huge peeve of mine,
then that
>is there rite and who is it for us to tell them to control there
>children. We gripe as blind parents because people are always
trying to
>tell us how do do things, thinking we cant parent, and so on, but
then
>we will turn around and boss parents around thus doing the same
thing
>that we look down on when it is done to us. How would you feel
if you
>had your child on a leash in order to give him freedom but also
keeping
>him safe as a blind parent and someone came up to you telling you
to get
>your child off a leash that he was not a dog? I realize that the
>situations are not exactly alike, but in principle one parent
telling
>another how to raise there kids is exactly alike. I personally
can not
>stand parents allowing kids to run in stores, scream out of
control in
>restaurants, but It is not my place to tell them how to raise
there
>kids. And besides do we think that by us telling them to make
there kids
>stop running around that from now on they will be good parents
and
>follow our lead? I think not.
>JOB Sorry if this sounds harsh, its not meant to be so, but its a
peeve
>of mine to have people tell me what to do. LOL Amber
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: trishs
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] wow kindergarten has changed!
> Last year at my girl's Christmas concert I sat across the table
> from a young woman and man with a little boy two-years-old.
> Micro man wasn't willing to sit quietly, super-parents weren't
> willing to take him to the provided quiet room, and Trish
almost
> got herself beat up because I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I
> complained to them about their noise and I was told "maybe you
> should mind your own business, this is a family concert." I
said
> I was aware of that, but I couldn't hear my family. "Your
little
> man may be the center of your universe, but he is not the
center
> of mine, and he's disruptive, and you're inconsiderate." They
> went into the office and complained about me. Nothing
happened,
> but my mom couldn't get me out of there fast enough.
> Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way, but, if you're in
> public, the grocery store, restaurant, school event, every
thing
> you do there is public. If I find your children running around
> in the store I'm going to say something to you.
> It's not as though I'm barging into your living room telling
you
> how to raise your family.
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