[blparent] Throwing Toys Out the Window

Wed Jul 15 19:15:52 UTC 2009

Oh my gosh, Gabriella pushed the screen out of our window this past weekend 
and threw all her books out, along with Flip's toys and her shoes. The first 
time someone saw her in the window, he came up to our apartment and knocked 
on the door to tell me that "the baby was in the window and I don't want her 
to fall out." I was a bit puzzled as to why he would tell me this, since no 
one else had ever said anything to me about Gabriella standing by the window 
(she always does). So, I checked the window, and the screen was out ... 
oops! I am extremely thankful he let me know, because I would not have liked 
to find out another way.

My roommate fixed the screen, though, and things were normal again ... so I 
thought. I found out she'd thrown out all her books and shoes when we were 
getting ready to leave for an appointment on Saturday. She kept telling me, 
"Mommy, shoes, outside!" Thought she was saying she wanted to put her shoes 
on and go outside. *SIGH* My dad showed up and she told him the same thing, 
though apparently she was pointing at the window. He went to look, and there 
all her stuff was, on the ground floor ... I knew that the screen had been 
fixed, but when I opened the window to check it, it was messed up again. 
Ugh. I really don't know how that happened.

Dad thought it was funny, but I didn't. I was freaked out. The window stays 
closed from now on and we use the AC more often. I don't care about paying 
20 extra dollars a month; it gives me that much needed peace of mind.

-- Allie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Help

> My stepson did the same thing.  Took the screen out of our second floor 
> window and started throwing books and toys out.  When we asked him why he 
> did it, he said he wanted to see if the objects all took the same amount 
> of time to hit the ground.  What can you say to that?  We went and made 
> him pick up the stuff, and his dad put the screen and the blinds back in.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Massey" <renandstimpy3 at comcast.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>
>
>> lovely a few years huh.  I guess telling her when she feels like she is 
>> going to be bad to come talk to us won't work then.  sorry being 
>> sarcastic a bit and fustrated.  Last week she pushed her screen out her 
>> window and started throwing her toys out of it.  we live in an apartment 
>> and the rental office called him to let him know I was working a double. 
>> last week I worked 63 hours, worked 4 double shifts and still having 
>> financial issues and the kids just make me sooo fustrated when they do 
>> stuff like this and then finally to find out why makes it even more 
>> fustrating when we can't find a way to fix it.
>>
>> Jennifer and dustin
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "The BlindTechs Network" <info at theblindtechsnetwork.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>>
>>
>>> she'll grow out of this. I currently deal with this with my 8 and a 
>>> half year old daughter and I do everything humanly possible for her.
>>>
>>> it isn't an attention thing its a I'm a little kid and I got something 
>>> to use to my advantage thing.
>>>
>>> give it time, like a couple of years time.
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>>> On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Jennifer Massey wrote:
>>>
>>> My boyfriend has no vision but my children do. He watches them 2 or 3 
>>> days a week sometimes for more then 8 hours a day.  My daughter who 
>>> will be 6 soon told him today that she does the things that she does 
>>> that are bad because he can't see her do them.  This hurt him very 
>>> much.  We are not sure what to do at this point and any advice would  be 
>>> helpful.  I have tried spending extra time with her when I can and 
>>> giving her some positive attention.  This week we have swimming which 
>>> we always do together not only has a family but we each take some 
>>> individual time with both of the kids, we also are taking both the  kids 
>>> to a carnival on friday and we are all going to the zoo on  saturday. 
>>> We really try to spend as much time as we can with them in  the positive 
>>> and not sure why my daughter is lashing out so much  towards him in 
>>> general.  When I am at home she doesn't do this and  when she is with 
>>> her dad and his wife she doesn't do it either.  Just  with him.
>>>
>>> Jennifer and Dustin
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