[blparent] children drowning in shallow water

[Erin Rumer]

I hated water wings as a kid because those suckers hurt so bad going on and
coming off.  Right now we have a floating device for Dawson that he sits in
and we move around the pool for him.  Later we're probably going to get one
of those body swim suits with the built in life vest.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 8:55 PM
To: 'Deborah Kent Stein'; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water

I'm not so sure about life jackets.  Well I guess life jackets are okay, but
not so much the water wings.

-----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 4:40 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water



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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