[blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

[kate02 at bellsouth.net]

I agree.

If it were me, and I know its not, I’d go swimming.  Truly people just live too close to each other now and you just can’t find your own space.  Besides you could argue that taking your daughter to a public pool is safer then building one in your yard.

And if water is so dangerous for a child with a blind parent then how can you bathe her?  This woman that told you she’d call DCF just doesn’t know how to keep out of other peoples business.

Good luck what ever you decide.
Kate
  
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
>
> Wow, that's completely screwy.  I taught all four of my boys to swim --
> their mom, who can see, is terrified of water.  Very important to waterproof
> those kids.  We average over 30 child drownings every summer here in
> Houston.
> 
> I don't know what I would have done if CPS had ever paid us a visit.  I
> wonder if this might be a gender thing.  Perhaps blind guys get a free pass
> because expectations for parenting abilities are lower for guys.  Anyway, I
> can't really say what you should do -- you know what's best for your
> situation, but I'd hate to see fear keep you from getting in the pool with
> your daughter.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:50 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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