[blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

[Leanne Merren]

Oh my goodness, I had no idea there were such nosey, over bearing, 
judgmental people out there!  I mean, you can't take your daughter swimming 
for fear of social services showing up at your door?  Did you ask this 
person if they sleep well at night, knowing that they could possibly rip 
poor, innocent children from good loving homes?  Do they want her thrown 
into a foster home with total strangers, all because someone chose to judge 
the capabilities of her parents?  Some people really have no clue, and yet 
they think they have the right to judge!
Sorry, vent over...maybe.  That just makes me sick.  I have never dealt with 
social services, even though Tyler and I are both visually impaired, and I 
pray to God we never do.  It is always in the back of my mind though.  So 
sad.
Leanne
"Faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see."
Hebrews 11:1
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting


>I guess I would have said, "are you volunteering to come with me everytime 
>I
> want to take my daughter swimming?" V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:50 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
> Sarah's father can see, and we've had one round with Social Services
> already.  Then the other day, someone I know saw me carrying a baby
> flotation device into my house from the trunk of the car.  It's an inner
> tube with a seat built in for the baby's legs.  Anyway, the person said 
> that
>
> of course, I would only take the baby in the pool if there was a sighted
> person to watch.  There's a pool for the condos where I live.  I said not
> necessarily, because if I were right there, with my hands on the baby the
> whole time, I would be satisfied with that.  She said she would call 
> Social
> Services if she ever saw me taking the baby in the pool by myself--which
> means, I guess, that I'll only go when there's a sighted person to watch. 
> I
>
> don't want those people knocking at my door again.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
>
>>I don't think any of us are excluded per sea, but putting out these
>> stats with no other data is nothing more then fear mongering in my
>> oppinion. What value is to be gained in that?
>
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