[blparent] child locators

Fri Feb 10 17:04:19 UTC 2012

I only used mine a couple of times, when I really had to know where Sarah 
was, and at those points the immediate need outweighed any possible risk to 
her psyche.  But I agree, the sound is loud and unpleasant, and if you used 
it all the time, it might come to have negative connotations for you and 
your child both.

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: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:14 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators

> I have indeed wondered this very thing.
>
> There are certain tones I can't stand. They make me want to scream, pull 
> my hair out, you get the idea.
>
> My daughter has shown similar tendencies
>
> My rule has always been "freedom is earned, not given".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Erin Rumer
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:09 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators
>
> Yah, I can totally see how he would hate that sound and this brings up an
> interesting point.  I almost wonder if a kid could psychologically have a
> negative association with mom trying to find them if the kid hated the 
> sound
> badly enough and the locator was used enough.  I don't know if any of you
> are familiar with something called TAG Teach but it's where someone is 
> given
> a light ding sound when they do a behavior correctly like a specific move 
> in
> a dance for a ballerina or just the right move for a gymnast during a set.
> This has proven to be an amazing breakthrough in training not only for
> adults but it's used in animal training all the time except with animals
> it's called Clicker Training.  Well, the opposite can be used as well with 
> a
> bad sound.  Scientist Skinner proved this years ago when he took a baby 
> and
> placed in a room with a stuffed bunny rabbit and played a horrible bonging
> noise.  The baby quickly came to associate the bunny rabbit with that
> horrible sound and thus hated stuffed bunny rabbits.  The mind is a 
> powerful
> thing isn't it?  I'm not trying to get too deep with this locater thing
> because I think the concept is great, but if a child did have a strong
> enough aversion to it, I could see how they could associate mom trying to
> find them as a negative if the locator was used enough on them.  Some kids
> on the other hand probably could care less and a mom could use it on them
> all the time.
>
> Food for thought.
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of January Lifebook
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 8:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] child locators
>
> I have the Mommy I'm Here version (teddy bear on kid, key chain on me).
> The plastic teddy bear came with a velcro loop that wraps around baby's 
> arm
> or leg, so I don't have to worry about not having a place to strap it. 
> The
> problem I have is that at 17 months he is smart enough and has the 
> dexterity
> to take it off.  He doesn't like the loud high-pitched beep and he takes 
> it
> off.
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Stephanie Mitchell
> <mumwith2kids at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Anyone used one? What was it like?
>> Steph
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