[blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?

[David Andrews]

Fred Schroeder is First Vice President of the National Federation of 
the Blind, NFB, and former Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration.

Dave

At 11:54 PM 3/15/2011, you wrote:
>No, I don't know who Fred Schroder is.  I must be out of it, which 
>is nothing new.
>
>Jo Elizabeth
>
>"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things 
>that never were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
>
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>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:35 PM
>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?
>
>>Oh, I'm sorry.  Do you know who Fred Schroeder is, well she is his wife and
>>the only blind mom I knew when I first got married in 1983.  She was my
>>first role model.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:17 PM
>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?
>>
>>Who's Kathy Schroeder?
>>
>>Jo Elizabeth
>>
>>"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never
>>were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
>>
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>>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:06 PM
>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?
>>
>>>Another thing, Jo elizabeth, when they aren't moving, bells don't ring
>>>out.
>>>I used bells mostly because  Kathy Schroeder did when her children were
>>>small and I thought it was the thing to do.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:13 AM
>>>To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?
>>>
>>>Hi.  Honestly, I had planned to use bells, but I never found that I needed
>>>them.  I was just careful to keep the home environment safe and listen
>>>closely to where Sarah was.  The bells might have come in handy in public
>>>places that I wasn't as familiar with, but I started teaching Sarah early,
>>>as soon as she could talk, to answer me when I called her.
>>>
>>>Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>>"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that
>>>never
>>>were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy
>>>
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>>>From: "Chad Allen" <chad at chadallenmagic.com>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:07 AM
>>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>Subject: [blparent] Bells; Yea or Ney?
>>>
>>>>Hello Blind Parents,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This list is great! I love being able to voice any concern I have
>>>>regarding
>>>>parenthood as a blind person and actually get quality feedback.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Harrison is crawling as of this week and I've asked many folks about
>>>>bells.
>>>>I'm not sure I need them but I want to hear it from the pros. To bell or
>>>>not
>>>>to bell, that is the question.