[blparent] children drowning in shallow water

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Check with the pool.  Some allow those life vests, and also water wings. 
Some do not, and I haven't figured out why.


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: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 4:44 PM
To: "'Deborah Kent Stein'" <dkent5817 at att.net>; "'Blind Parents Mailing 
List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water

> Yes, and the great thing is they make bathing suits with life vests built
> right inside the suit now.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Deborah Kent Stein
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 3:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water
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> 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
>>
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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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