[blparent] stats

Tue Oct 26 21:40:17 UTC 2010

Child Protective Services are required to follow up on every report, no 
matter who it comes from.  Still, I wonder if they would have reacted in the 
same way if both parents had been sighted.  It's always hard to know for 
sure how much blindness weighs in.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandy W" <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] stats

> Wow usually if there are no marks school councilors don't turn parents in
> for that because spanking isn't illegal just not approved of by many. Bran
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of jill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>
> Yes, we had a visit because my son told a school counseler that his step 
> dad
> spanked him.  The counseler from school referred us.  My son was just 
> trying
> to get the attention of his biological dad, because the incident took 
> place
> 6 months before he mentioned it.  He never had bruising, broken bones, or
> came to school dirty or unprepared. He also neglected to tell the 
> counseler
> that he had took my JAWS software disc and decided to play frisby with it 
> in
> the back yard, or that he had been taking things from his step dad's 
> closet
> with out asking.  Kids can be just as much to blame for the visits as 
> stereo
> types or misjudgements by social service agencies.
>
> Jill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:31 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>
> The stats are meaningless unless you have something to compare them to.
> What about white families, or families of other races, or families with
> parents of other disabilities.
> What percentage is just from someone concerned for the child just because
> the blind parent didn't walk straight across the street, or other trivial
> things?
>
> Michael
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:19 AM
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> That means though that 75% have not been visited though
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Anjelina
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 9:04 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
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> That sure is a scary statistic. Hopefully the Parenting Without Sight
> booklet helps educate CPS  workers.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] stats
>
>
>> wow, I was going to check TLG next... I've looked on the NFB site, as
> well
>> as AFB and ACB. The only stat I found on the NFB site was an estimate
> that
>> 1 in 4 households containing blind parents has been visited by CPS...
>> Yikes!
>> D
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jan Wright" <jan.wrightfamily5 at gmail.com>
>> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:13 AM
>> Subject: [blparent] stats
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Dina,
>>> I did not find stats and I even went to the looking glass But, if you
>>> find them, please share them.
>>> Jan
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