[blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

Fri Feb 24 01:13:44 UTC 2012

I'm really looking forward to the class. There's a lot of good information 
in there and I'm a bit of a knowledge hound. I'm already reading parenting 
books because I feel they have valuable information. I may not follow a 
step-by-step method of parenting based on a book, but I've already learned a 
lot I didn't know before by reading. I'm sure you can teach me even more.

Samara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sharon howerton" <shrnhow at att.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

> Samara, I look forward to having you work with me.
> Sharon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Samara Raine" <samararaine at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:25 PM
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>
>
>>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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