[blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes

Fri Feb 24 20:34:46 UTC 2012

Have to tell you I thought it was funny.  But wasn't going to say a word 
because I didn't know how that would go over.
Kate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samara Raine" <samararaine at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes


> *bursts out laughing* My post? The leg up thing? If that's what you mean, 
> I was giggling as I wrote it. LOL! Wondered if anyone would say something. 
> *grins*
>
> Samara
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Taking advantage of parenting classes
>
>
>> Best unintentional play on words seen on this list.
>> I love it!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Samara Raine
>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:26 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
>>> Message-ID: <SNT116-DS336E8EBA4E5A59E48CB80AC640 at phx.gbl>
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>>> reply-type=original
>>>
>>> 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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