[blparent] Parenting and Blindness

[Veronica Smith]

I also stayed outside with my child when she was young and still do now that
she is older.  She does walk to school with a group of friends ans she has
to call me or dad when she gets there, no if, what or buts about it.  I want
to know where she is and who she is with.
She is now 12 and wants to be a little more independent and I want her to
be,  well  maybe a little bit.
I'm glad NFB helped you!  Go NFB! They are powerful and I am glad to be a
part of them.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Agnes Steinhoff
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 5:28 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Parenting and Blindness

Hi there:  Thank you for responding to my comment on blind parenting and
discrimination.  I totally agree with you that both boind and sighted people
need to know how to raise their children.  The reason that the story of
Jessica hit home was because my 2 children are currently in foster care and
have been so for the past year now.  I thought that DSS was going to help me
get services to take care of my 2 children better, which they are.  However,
I signed a voluntary placement for both my children because I was so afraid
of them being taken away from me after my husband left me.  I paniced and so
I thought there was no other way out.

Thankfully, the National Federation of the Blind stepped in to help me and
they are doing a great job.  If it was not for the NFB, it would probably
have been so much harder to fight to get them back home so I am very
greatful to them in assisting me with this process.

I think about my children every day and I can relate to how it feels.  I am
doing everything in my power to get them home and I hope that Jessica will
also get her child back.

As for your four-year-old daughter, I don't blame you.  I would not allow my
5-year-old son to be outside by himself either.  I don't even let him be in
the backyard without me there.  My son has told me that he was not my friend
so many times before too because I wouldn't allow him to do something.  My
daughter is 17 months old so she is all over the place.  I put little
Christmas bells on the back of her shirt so that I hear her anywhere she is.

Agnes
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