[blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

[Veronica Smith]

Yea!  Hopefully it goes quickly for you guys, it took me 16 years!  I'll
keep my fingers crossed for you!

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Samara Raine
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:26 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

I just enrolled for the first parenting course at Hadley. All I need to do
now is get my eye report sent in. We will begin trying for a baby next
month. Conception can take awhile, but it's never too early to get a leg up,
I think.

Samara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:32 PM
Subject: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes


> Jo Elizabeth,
>
> I agree with you. I didn't mean to suggest it was wrong for Hadley to
> offer parenting classes or for anyone to take advantage of such a class.
> Like you, even though I have child-care experience, and I have been a
> second mommy to Penny for more than a year (complicated story with
> Penny) my husband and I are reading a ton of material and looking into
> various classes and groups we can participate in. As prepared as you
> think you are, once baby arrives, so much changes and a lot ends up
> involving common sense and quick problem solving skills, grin,
> regardless of a disability or not. My comments were directed solely at
> societal ideas still buying into the notion that blindness is an
> automatic risk factor when parenting, and that anyone would insist we
> "prove" our ability to parent based only on disability. Hadley's course
> sounds interesting and definitely something to check out.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:57:37 -0700
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Child Protective Services & blind parenting
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>
> Congratulations on your pregnancy, Bridgit.  I agree that we shouldn't
> have
> to prove our ability as parents just because of our blindness.  But I
> also
> believe that, at least for me, I couldn't be too prepared.  The thing I
> liked about the Hadley courses is that there were tips included from
> other
> blind parents, some of which I borrowed for my own box of tricks.
>
> I have a file tucked away in a drawer that includes my certificates from
>
> Hadley, the documentation from the baby care class I took at the
> hospital
> before Sarah was born, the report from Social Services that says nothing
> was
> found to be amiss at my house, the letter from the home nurse stating
> that I
> finished the visitation program, the notes from our pediatrician from
> each
> yearly visit at which everything was said to be fine, and the results
> from
> the voluntary test at the health department that told me my daughter was
>
> developing within normal emotional and social limits.  If and when I
> ever
> have trouble again, from my own family or elsewhere, I'll be well armed.
>
> Even Sarah's dad thinks I'm at least a little paranoid.  Once burned,
> twice
> shy.
>
> One final thing--I fear the day when every parent has to take classes or
> get
> certified.  I've heard people suggest that, usually in the context of
> teen
> pregnancies.  But I know full well that blind parents would have a devil
> of
> a time passing any class or certification that could be proposed, not
> because of lack of ability, but because it would take proving ourselves
> to a
> whole new level.  Scary thought.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
>
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