[blparent] children drowning in shallow water

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I do think sometimes being with sighted people can give us a false sense of 
security.  I was at the sixth birthday party of my cousin's daughter last 
summer, and it was at a water park.  I was sitting in a chair at the side of 
the pool, but I got tired of asking people if they could see Sarah and 
having them say no, not right off the bat, there's so many kids, and then 
having my heart in my throat till they located her.  So I put on my suit and 
got in the water, staying right with her.  I was exhausted by the end of the 
day, but we had a great time.  Some of the parents asked why I got in, and I 
just said I felt safer knowing right where Sarah was.

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: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:06 PM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water

> HI, WE WERE AT A FAMILY EVENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS AROUND HIS AGE 
> WERE THERE AND THE OTHER PARENTS GRANDMOTHERS UNCLES AND AUNTS WERE THERE 
> AND WE WERE ALL SITTING BY THE POOL IN CHARES. ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED BY 
> ME NEVER ASSUME THAT OTHERS EVEN FAMILY WILL WATCH YOUR CHILD. I SHOULD 
> HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER WITH HIM. bEING WITH SIGHTED FOLKS NO MATTER HOW 
> WELL MEANING, CAN GIVE ONE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. mY HUSBAND WAS AT 
> HOME WORKING.
>
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