[blparent] introduction, expecting

[Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S]

I would like to second this . Social services although they can call in for CPS, are just that they are there to see if you have the resources and or if they can provide resources for you to help parent your child. When they find that maybe you do not have enough resources and or know-how, and they will and can call CPS. But social services comes to see everybody, sided blind deaf mute everybody. They are there just as a precautionary measure. It's nothing against the blindness.

Gabe Vega 
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On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:16 PM, "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:

> Child services was not involved in any way shape or form when Gab was born
> and when I mentioned social worker, that is  just part of the services the
> hospital offers. I believe that whether you have a baby or have any kind of
> major surgery, this person comes by to see you.  Just in case.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bernadetta Pracon
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:29 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blparent] introduction, expecting
> 
> It's interesting that hospitals involve child services right away, before
> the baby can be released. I'm wondering if it's just because hospitals
> aren't educated about blindness and parenting, or if it has to do with the
> parents involved. I'm saying this because, though I was observed extensively
> as I said in a previous email, I wasn't threatened with child services.
> Could it be that the demeanor of the blind parents dictates some of what the
> hospital staff puts them through?
> I don't mean to be judgmental or criticize people I don't know, but perhaps
> it would benefit some new or perspective parents to get some pointers on
> what they should and shouldn't do or say when people are challenging their
> ability to care for their child.
> Who's to say that some people really aren't capable of caring for their
> child. Can we honestly say that in each case in which parental custody was
> terminated due to a hospital's intervention, the termination was unfounded?
> I'm sure there have been some cases where a parent or a set of parents
> either conveyed that they wouldn't be able to care for their child
> successfully, or in fact, were incapable of doing so. It might not
> necessarily have to do with their blindness in general, but with issues
> stemming from their blindness.
> I think it's great that people are advocating for hospitals to be more
> educated about parenting as a blind person, but maybe it's not always the
> hospital's fault. It seems that the majority of parents who say that they
> haven't had any issues with child services are the ones who exude confidence
> and seem competent, while those who claim they have had issues with people
> intervening to the point where their custodial rights were terminated seem a
> bit more unsure and don't know how to hold their own when it comes to state
> workers and hospital staff. When I was pregnant, I felt that the possibility
> of having my child taken away by social services should be on the top of my
> list of concerns. 
> But the more I observe, the more I understand that the majority of blind
> parents seem to say that they didn't face issues to that extent.
> I don't mean for this message to be inflamatory; it's just something I've
> been wondering about.
> 
> Bernadetta
> 
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