[blparent] fun stuff for boys

[Rhonda Scott]

It does feel complicated. I have a similar situation with our 10 year old. 
He loves war games and anything to do with computer games, TV, Wii, PS2 and 
movies. It's difficult to keep his attention, but he says often how he would 
like to spend time doing things with us. So we're trying to find things that 
are interactive, will pull him away from video games and TV, but will also 
hold his attention. All you can do is keep trying, and share your 
frustrations with others who understand them. That's where I'm at right now 
too.

Deven likes things for a short time, has a lot of broken toys he played too 
rough with. That's frustrating too because I have problems buying him new 
things when I'm afraid he will destroy them, whether on accident or on 
purpose. Kids like expensive things now, so it's hard to justify spending if 
it will be broken in a week or 2, plus it hurts our feelings, frustrates us 
and makes us angry. But I think there are answers and solutions, we just 
need to find them somewhere, somehow.

I really want to show Deven that the blindness thing is not a huge obstacle 
in terms of parenting him. All kids will test, and I find myself paying 
close attention to him because he tries to test often, doing things he 
thinks we won't notice. I want to interact with him more, but I am not the 
ball playing type, and I can't throw a frisbee worth beans. I think it's 
important for us, here, to show him we are parents, not blind parents, if 
that makes sense. But I have turned this into a completely different topic, 
I see. LOL

Rhonda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allison (NFBA)" <nfbarizona at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] fun stuff for boys


Thanks all for suggestions.

Are the nurf balls still fun (and safe) for us to play with if they don't
have bells in them?  Has anyone tried this?

I'll check out the discovery toys link.  Does anyone have specific
suggestions in terms of discovery toys?  I feel a little overwhelmed by all
the choices.  Also I need something fairly high action to hold the little
guy's interest.  He's used to the fast-paced nature of World of Warcraft and
Wii games.  He's a smart kid though.  Grade level in reading and a grade
ahead in math.

We do have Braille cards that we play Go Fish and War with.  He loves Go
Fish.  We have Uno too but he gets bored quickly with that because the games
can run so long.  We also have the Freeze-up talking category game that he
loved for like a week and now never looks at.  *sigh*.  This feels so
complicated.

Thanks again,
Allison


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:35 PM
Subject: [blparent] fun stuff for boys


>I was at Walmart today and scooping out the toy section and saw some really
> cool stuff that an 8 year old would love.
> Fur Real Friends had a dinosaur.  You put your hand or finger in its mough
> and it bites down on you and makes a sound like it is eating your hand.
> They also had dogs and cats, monkeys and other critters.
> They have Nerf balls and basketball rims and of course my absolute
> favorite
> Hot Wheel sets.  These are all the things I love to play with, with Gab.
> You can be sighted or blind and have a great time with your imagination.
> Alison, you can also buy regular playing cars that are Braille and play
> games like Go Fish, Crazy Eights and of course War.
> V
>
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