[blparent] children drowning in shallow water

[Deborah Kent Stein]

As blind parents, I feel it is crucial for us to stay close to our kids in 
and around the water.  The posts of the past few days show all too 
chillingly how quickly a tragic accident can occur.  It's a good idea to 
have kids wear life jackets around the water, too.

Debbie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water


>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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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