[blparent] baby gates question

[Sheila Leigland]

Our son is now grown, but he was a climber so knnowing your child is important when making decisions about gates and other bariers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:48 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] baby gates question

My kids are teenagers now so you may think I don't know what I'm talking about, but I was and am still a little uneasy about gates at the tops of stairs.  It 
depends some on the gate and some on the kid, but from a kids perspective, barriers are there to be overcome, usually when you are not there.  If a child 
climbs over a gate successfully, the fall is likely to be more serious than a potential fall down the stairs.  If the idea is to keep them from going down the stairs 
and they already do that, you may be introducint a chance for a fall that doesn't exist without the gate.   One of my kids was able to use the kitchen chair to 
climb onto the table so she could play with the salt shaker before she was even walking well.  I am less concerned about a gate preventing a child from 
going up a set of stairs because it cam provide a barrier, and if the gate is climbed over, it usually isn't going to cause a fall.  Obviously, all this does depend 
upon the child, the gate, the stairs, and even the situation.

Best regards,

Steve

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:25:49 -0700, Veronica Smith wrote:

>Let me tell you what my brother and his wife did.  They never did get a
>gate, but taught their daughters to go down the stairs backwards.  The kids
>would go to the top of the stairs, sit down and then crawl backwards to the
>first step.  
>Others I know, have gates but they never open them, the adults just step
>over. V

>-----Original Message-----
>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Ken Quinn
>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:25 PM
>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>Subject: [blparent] baby gates question

>hello all,
>i am looking to get a baby gate cause my daughter has now master the art of 
>opening her door and coming down our steps to the first floor. i am looking 
>for something that is both easy  to install as well as easy for myself and 
>wife to open up but difficult for my daughter to open. any suggestions would

>be deeply appreciated.
>thanks in advance,
>ken 


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