[blparent] Advice on playing with cane

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Rebecca, is your daughter sighted?  I only ask because Sarah hasn't showed 
much interest in my cane one way or another, so the thought of getting her 
one never crossed my mind.  She loves introducing my guide dog to everybody.

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

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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 7:03 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Advice on playing with cane

> Accept blindness? What choice does she have?:) It is what it is.
> She'd probably enjoy a toddler sized cane. My daughter loved hers. She 
> took it to show and tell at preschool once and said "This is my cane. My 
> mommy has one too"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 4:39 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Advice on playing with cane
>
> Thanks for all the comments. We don't usually let Penny play with the
> canes unless at home or at a park, and even then, we keep close watch of
> her. We've considered getting her own Penny-size cane since, even though
> she usually canes with pretty good technique, it could hurt others or
> even herself. We may even use one of our canes as we always seem to have
> a collection of them, and have grandpa make it Penny-size.
>
> And even the sticks or branches she favors tend to be a little big for
> her. We've talked about this but thought it might be weird. My husband's
> family doesn't understand why we "encourage" playing with the cane as if
> it will irrevocably damage her in some way. The funny thing is she does
> it all on her own. And as I've mentioned before, Pen's greatest talent
> is mimicking. We've had people assume she's blind too, and when people
> find out she isn't, they are disconcerted that she "plays" blind. Like
> pretending being blind will make her blind, or god forbid she'll accept
> blindness as "normal." smile
>
> At Wal-mart yesterday I sat my cane down to look at something, bad idea
> since it gave her the perfect opportunity to pick it up. Smile. Wal-mart
> didn't seem the best scenario for such play. And right now she really
> wants to go outside and keeps handing the cane to me saying, "Go
> bye-bye." LOL
>
> Thanks again. We'll definitely have to get a cane all for her. I've
> always said it's comforting to be around young children because most of
> them don't have preconceived ideas about disability. It's easier to
> accept something like blindness especially when you're around it daily;
> it's not unusual or scary.
>
> Oh boy, project melt-down is in affect! Better run! LOL You guys have
> been great.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
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