[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
janel
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Thu Nov 10 00:36:36 UTC 2011
My sister will sometimes sneak me something if she is trying to get me to
try something new to eat since I am a picky eater.
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From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
> Now, that I hate. My brother and sister and even my dad used to do weird
> things to my food, like putting cheese or sour cream on when they knew I
> didn't like it, or slipping gummy bears into my pot pie. To this day, I
> I'm really careful about who serves me a plate if we go to a party and
> it's a buffet kind of thing. And that bit about open your mouth and close
> your eyes, here it comes, your big surprise--forget it! I won't do that
> for anybody, ever.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant
> of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:32 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>
>> People do weird things my aunt who has since moved away loved doing this
>> kind of stuff like putting sour cream in a baked potato enen though I
>> don't like it because she thought I wouldnt
>> Notice because I'm blind. Or giving a coffee flavored dessert and I do't
>> like or drink coffee and laugh because of course I notice. Very sstrange
>> woman.
>>
>> Sheila Leigland
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:39 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>> This bothers me re the husband. He's an adult, he can put a legal
>> substance into his body without you giving it the okay.
>> Now, if he's asked you to do this, then fine but this just seems a bit
>> controling to me
>> Sneaking stuff into food or out of food totally creeps me out.
>> And if he is unaware of what you're doing, he can give inaccurate health
>> information to his doctor. Or, do you control that aspect too?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 3:31 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>> I think we need to be careful not to read too much into these kinds of
>> things. My parents could get away with certain things with my sighted
>> siblings that they couldn't with me and my sighted siblings aren't bitter
>> with them for that at all. We were all treated equally but my parents
>> were
>> smart and new what things they could do with each of us as individuals.
>> For
>> example, my sighted younger sister is not very observant so my mom new
>> she
>> could sneak veggies into the meatloaf right in front of her because she
>> probably wouldn't even be paying attention. With me however, I could
>> smell
>> the veggies from a mile away and new right away my mom was using them in
>> the
>> meat loaf which I loved, but you get the point. Heck, there's things I
>> do
>> in front of my sighted husband that he's unaware of, like give him decaf
>> coffee instead of the real stuff because I know it's better for him and
>> he's
>> addicted to having too much caffeine at night. It's a win-win because he
>> feels more awake since he thinks he got the leaded stuff and I know I'm
>> helping his health.
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Marla Wertman
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:50 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>> I think as blind adults though we need to be careful about this. I know
>> it
>> is just something as simple is buying a birthday present with blind child
>> right there, and it's easy to get away with because they can't see it,
>> but I
>> see it is taking advantage of the fact that they can't see. To me that is
>> close to lying.Maybe I'm not explaining this right, but my parents never
>> did
>> things like this to me. I was treated just like my sighted brother,
>> because
>> they wanted me to grow up as normal is possible.
>> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:43:36 -0700
>> "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, let me tell you that I was an observant little thing but my mom
>>> new just the ways to distract me to keep my mind off what was going in
>>> the cart when I was young enough. It probably helped a ton that I
>>> have always been super sociable and chatting with her and others in
>>> the store was way more fun than items being pulled off the shelves.
>>> Obviously this was easier than if I had sight and could see exactly what
>> was going into the cart.
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:25 PM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> Thank you for this.
>>> I may disagree with you that a child who is blind would be unaware of
>>> stuff longer, that sure didn't work with me from what my parents tell
>>> me That may depend on the child/person though, some of us just like to
>>> observe and pay attention and there are many ways to do this without
>>> being
>> obvious about it.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:18 PM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> Rebecca, I totally agree with what you're saying but please let me
>>> clarify since we're talking about two different things. I'm referring
>>> to parents cutting corners with kids young enough to be totally
>>> unaware of what's going on. Naturally, this would last a little
>>> longer with a blind child because the parent has the advantage of the
>>> kid not being able to see what's in the cart. I guess why it really
>>> didn't bother me was because I didn't know it was happening since I
>>> was young enough and didn't find out that my folks were doing this
>>> until I was much older. My folks didn't do this with me as an older
>>> child and I think that's where the difference lies. It's like getting
>>> something for your baby because they're a baby and don't know the
>>> difference and no one would think any different about cutting that
>>> corner and that's all I mean. If you're old enough to be aware of it
>>> happening and parents are still doing it then that is wrong for sure.
>>> When it came to wrapping the gifts my mom had me help her with
>>> wrapping everyone's gifts for years before I even thought about my own
>>> gifts being placed into my own little paws which was always a very
>>> special privilege that the other kids didn't get. When I was getting
>>> older and came across one that I felt might be mine my mom would say,
>>> "You don't want to spoil your fun for Christmas do you?" and I smiled
>>> sheepishly and continued wrapping since it was such a fun thing to
>>> share with mom and didn't bother me. If my mom saw at all that I was
>>> bothered by this and felt taken advantage of then she would have
>>> stopped for sure. Every kid's different as we all know and some things
>> bother one that don't bother another and that's where it's important to
>> be
>> receptive parents and treat each kid as an individuals.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> As far as kids finding gifts in hidden places goes, I'd just do what
>>> my parents would do which was tell me that Santa can't store
>>> everything for all the children in the world at the North Pole and so
>>> they have parents store some gifts ahead of time to help him out.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:38 AM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> It matters if it hurts the person who is having the corners cut.
>>> I don't recall my parents doing this, they went to great lengths to
>>> keep stuff a surprise which I do appreciate.
>>> Cutting corners is say, skipping a bath or having PB&J for supper
>>> every now and then.
>>> Would you feel this way if somebody planned a party for you and said
>>> "f*** it, I didn't decorate because I knew you couldn't see it"? Or "I
>>> could have gotten you a really neat kick with something you love on
>>> it, but since you can't see it, I just picked one up at Giant?"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:07 PM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> My parents got my gifts with me there at the store as well and I've
>>> got to say I don't blame them. It's enough work to try and shop and
>>> organize holiday details so why not cut corners where you can. Heck,
>>> I'd do it if my kid was blind! SMILING My mom would even have me wrap
>>> some of my gifts if they were in unidentifiable boxes which killed me
>>> and made me laugh all at the same time. With Dawson I'm going to take
>>> a trick from my mother-in-law and wrap the gifts inside other things
>>> that are totally different shapes from the actual gifts. For example,
>>> taking a old blanket that's not being used and wrapping something
>>> smaller inside of that or hiding a gift inside a big ball of
>>> newspaper. It doesn't have to be pretty, just has to do the trick.
>>>
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:30 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> You know, my parents wrapped my gifts in front of me too. In fact,
>>> they'd shop for them in front of me. I thought it was rude and totally
>>> unfair to do that just because I couldn't see.
>>>
>>> LM
>>>
>>> On 11/9/11, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi. For any of you moms who have little ones starting to run around
>>> > and get into things, I thought I'd warn you about something I just
>>> > learned the hard way. *Smile.* They'll see everything, especially
>>> > what you don't want them to, and they'll remember. They're smarter
>>> > than
>>> we give them credit for.
>>> >
>>> > I bought Sarah the Little People school bus because she's really
>>> > into buses and planes and the like right now. The package came from
>>> > Amazon while she was at preschool about a month ago, and I threw the
>>> > boxes in the recycling bin and hid the toy at the top of my closet,
>>> > thinking I was
>>> pretty slick.
>>> > Well, she saw part of a picture on one box sticking out of the bin.
>>> > She asked about it, and I glossed over it. We moved on, and I
>>> > thought she'd forgotten about the bus.
>>> >
>>> > So this morning, I went to get a shirt from the closet, and Sarah
>>> > wandered in behind me. All at once, she started jumping up and
>>> > down, saying, "I see it! Up there! The bus toy really is here! I
>>> > want that
>>> bus toy!"
>>> >
>>> > I guess I didn't hide it well enough. She saw the box peeking out
>>> > from under a blanket on a high shelf and remembered the picture from
>>> > the recycling bin. She had a bit of a meltdown because she knew the
>>> > toy was there, but I wouldn't get it off the shelf for her. I
>>> > couldn't really explain why, either. Now Santa Claus can't bring
>>> > that toy to her, either, because it'll blow his cover. I'll have to
>>> > give it to her from Mom and Dad, or maybe from her brother Stephen.
>>> > Anyway, my point is, when I was a kid, my family could (and did)
>>> > wrap my presents right in front of me. But obviously, blind parents
>>> > of sighted kids have to be very careful about these things.
>>> >
>>> > Jo Elizabeth
>>> >
>>> > "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
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