[blparent] stranger contact with your child

[Brandy W]

When people say that too me they get something along the lines of yup just 
as much help as your 2 year old is to you." I'm the adult he is the toddler. 
they usually stop and think at that point. I have some other responses, but 
this one works the best.


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we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in 
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Brandy Wojcik
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] stranger contact with your child


>I think this is still because blindness makes the public uncomfortable but 
>our children don't.  I guess I'm lucky, although people have interacted 
>with my children while I've been out it's been nothing that I don't see 
>them do with sighted parents and their children.  But I guess just pay 
>close attention and if the displays get uncomfortable for you then say 
>something!! What always amazed me is how people would say things like ... 
>oh I bet you are such a help to your mom, I could see it when the kids were 
>older but just a couple days ago someone said it to Dylan *he's 1 and a 
>half*.  Oh yeah he's such a help, messing things up faster than I can get 
>them cleaned up, lol.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: jan wright
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:25 PM
> To: blparent
> Subject: [blparent] stranger contact with your child
>
> This is annoying, i'll admit. I was not jealous that they could see my
> children's facial expressions and I couldn't.
> It is annoying because it is the start of people communicating with
> your baby or child without your knowledge and I would caution that you
> do need to be a little careful.
> Sometimes, people can take liberties with your child.
> the thing that annoys me most in this stage is that people don't even
> give you a respectful: "Oh,  you have a cute baby, do you mind?" They
> just assume that you don't mind. Note: they do some of the same things
> with my dog and it bothers me, also. I think that it is just
> respectful to talk to the adult first. And, the more I think about it
> the more i am convinced that it is just plain rude!
> When my children were older, people would give them candy that I did
> not want them to have; or toys to play with that were sometimes
> inappropriate. They would try to comfort or quiet your child and
> sometimes they were doing much more harm than good.
> I hate to be the web blanket in this discussion: but, these are the
> same adults who would rather talk to your child or your dog before
> having a conversation with you. I always found it strange that after I
> got my dog (and my children were teens) I experienced the same
> reaction from people. They would say to my children: "You are so
> sweet," "You are such a good baby," (and much more annoying comments).
> And, now that I have the dog, they want to talk to the dog: "You are
> such a good boy." GRRRR! And, I know that I am going to experience
> more of the same when I have my baby boy (seven more weeks until the
> due date).
> it is strange, though. It is harder to ward off unwanted behaviors
> from the sighted public and also harder to connect with them when we
> want to. UGGG.
>
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