[blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

Fri Feb 24 13:32:19 UTC 2012

Yes, we are one more resource and unlike reading a book, we can talk about 
the issues you read as part of your assignments.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samara Raine" <samararaine at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes


> 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
>> 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
>>>> Message-ID: <SNT116-DS336E8EBA4E5A59E48CB80AC640 at phx.gbl>
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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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