[blparent] Help

Tue Jul 21 02:42:49 UTC 2009

I tried it, but didn't see any thing getting better.  Punishing is a better
thing, taking away fun is probably the best- no television, no friends, no
dessert, no reading, just sitting. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Eileen Levin
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:29 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Help

Disobeying my original punishment means the punishment gets doubled. I
prefer to start with one day or 10 minutes so doubling  and yes tripling the
punishment doesn't mean he will be years older before he gets his privileges
back. My son is six.

Some kids actually do better with a reward system than a punishment system.
Say they earn points for doing spefied tasks and those points earn some kind
of treat over a specified period of time.
It's a lot more work to keep track of all that so we haven't tried it here.
Eileen
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Amy Murillo-Hicks
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Help

Another one to watch is the TV on mute when TV has been taken away.  I can 
usually tell, but once he pulled it off when I was distracted and busy.

My fiance at the time came in and innocently asked why is the TV on mute? 
My son's logic was "I wasn't really watching it since I couldn't hear it.  I

learned not to be so distracted, and he learned about lying.

Just one of those things to look out for.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Help

>I can only remember one time when my husband came into the living room and
> Gab was promptly standing on our glass coffee table .  I had just asked 
> her
> what she was doing and she replied, sitting on the couch.  Boy did mommy 
> get
> mad and as far as we know, she has never done it again. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:06 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>
> Even with my thirteen-year-old stepson, I can often hear what he is doing
> before his dad notices it by sight.  I also tend to pay more attention to
> what the baby is doing, and will say to a sighted person, "Be careful.
> She's going to get into your purse," or whatever, before it happens.  I'm
> not saying I'm perfect, or that my stepson or my little girl will never 
> pull
>
> a fast one on me, but it's interesting to me that the two times my baby 
> has
> fallen and gotten a scratch on her face, she's been under the watch of
> someone with working eyes.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>
>
>> That is so true.  They just know they have an advantage in that their
>> parents are blind.  However, I amaze sighted parents when I know what my
>> kids are doing in the other room, and they didn't notice anything was
>> going on.  That's our advantage. *smile*  We hear things that other
>> parents miss.
>> Leanne
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: Sean Paul
>>  To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>  Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:21 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>>
>>
>>  Your children are no different than any other children. They will 
>> attempt
>
>> to
>>  get away with whatever they can whether you are blind or not. Trust me,
>> my
>>  children attempt to get away with everything with my Ex-wife, and she 
>> can
>>  see just fine. And, yes? When they come to my house they do it here 
>> also.
>
>> It
>>  is just part of being a child. You did it, mine do it, and my newest one
>>  will do it.
>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>  To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>  Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 15:20
>>  Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>>
>>
>>  > And if you had a 2 story, you would get a baby monitor. Smile! V
>>  >
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>>  > Behalf Of Eileen Levin
>>  > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:01 AM
>>  > To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>  > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>>  >
>>  > Ah, great idea. Kind of a pain but the supervision is a two way street
>>  > because it enforces the rules and the adults are spending more time
>> with
>>  > the
>>  > kids which gives children a sense of security and feeling cared about.
>>  > My husband and I complain about our small home but in a way having a
>>  > single
>>  > floor where I can hear everything that goes on is a blessing when it
>> isn't
>>  > giving me a headache. :)
>>  >
>>  > Hang in there! Money worries and all the stress folks are under with
>> the
>>  > economy being so weak can really make these growing pains feel so much
>>  > bigger than they truly are!
>>  > Hugs,
>>  > Eileen
>>  >
>>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  > From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>>  > Behalf Of Jennifer Massey
>>  > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:00 PM
>>  > To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>  > Subject: Re: [blparent] Help
>>  >
>>  > yes we have sat down with her, I have sat down with her on my own as
>> well
>>  > and get the same thing out of her that she is doing the bad things 
>> when
>>  > I'm
>>  > not home because dustin can't see her do it.  Well since the last
>> incident
>>  > he has started to glue the kids to him to make sure they do not get
>> into
>>  > trouble.
>>  >
>>  > Jennifer
>>  >
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