[blparent] Child Protective Services

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

I'd agree with this.
You can't and shouldn't convey that you can do this all on your own because no one can.
What you can do is appear confident and answer the questions that are asked.
I treated this like a readiness event if you are familar with how those are done.
Also, know that you can ask your own questions too.
>From what I remember, the hospital was more interested in that I showed an interest in my daughter and that I wanted to learn, v. that I had every skill mastered right out of the gate.


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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:27 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Child Protective Services

Wow, isn't it something when people can't mind their own business?  Social
Services came out once when Sarah was about nine months old because someone
reported that I was living alone with no support and I had a vicious dog.
Sarah's dad happened to answer the door because he was in fact living with
me, and my guide dog tried to lick the social worker to death.  She wrote a
report saying the concerns were unfounded, and she hasn't been back.

I was asked in the hospital if I would have help at home, and I said yes,
without defining what that help would be.  I was alone all day with Sarah
starting from when she was a week old, but her dad would be home at night,
and I still have a circle of friends, any of whom would be here in no time
if I asked.  I think all new moms need help and support, so if your doctor
questions you, I wouldn't recommend saying you'll be doing everything on
your own.  But you don't have to go into more detail than is asked for,
either.

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: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:45 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Child Protective Services

> Hi, my husband and I are both blind and social services came out once when
> our son was six. The person saw that the house was clean and mark was in
> school. Someone reported that mark wasn't in school but in the two weeks
> before this he had tonsils and adinnoids removed but couldn't go back to
> school for a week and then he wound up with the flu for four day. My mom
> was here for the surgery so we had verification. She said she would leave
> us alone and she did.
>
> Sheila Leigland
>
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