[blparent] kids and the park

Tue Jan 3 22:59:05 UTC 2012

Injuries happen anywhere wether you are a blind or sighted parent ... one of 
our neighbor kids fell off our trampoline while my sighted husband was 
watching them ... my son fell off the top of the swingset, which he 
shouldn't have been climbing, while he was at the park with some friends and 
probably could have used a couple stiches in his lip ... I mean sometimes 
things just happen, no matter how careful you are or whether you are sighted 
or not!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park

Hi.  Injury or falling may happen, but if the park equipment is up to code,
there probably won't be an accident that can't be fixed with a kiss or a
Band-Aid.  I always take along a bottle of water for rinsing off scrapes as
well as for drinking, and a cell phone in case there's a bigger emergency.
But so far there hasn't been, knock on wood.  I guess my daughter is pretty
stoic like her mom because the one time she did scrape herself and draw
enough blood to worry me, she just said, "Look, Mama, my foot has cherry on
it."

One thing I would try when you orient yourself to the park is stop and
listen.  If there's a busy street, you can keep your sense of direction by
knowing when you get to the park where you hear the busy street.  If it's in
front of you, then when you want to leave, make sure it's at your back.

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: "Stephanie Mitchell" <mumwith2kids at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:47 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park

> I was thinking along the lines of injury or falling.
> Steph
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:15:41 +0000
> Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park
>
> Something happening as in what exactly?
> I ask because lots of things *might* happen, most won't.
> Can you pinpoint what exactly beyond "something might happen" has you 
> worried?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 12:10 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park
>
> All the kids are sighted.  I guess it's my fear of something
> happening that holds me back.
> Steph
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:19:04 -0700
> Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park
>
>
> Are your children sighted?  If you go and get a general idea of
> the park
> layout when you don't have all of them with you, that might help.
> The older
> ones will be handy to keep track of the baby, especially if they
> know to
> come when you call them.  If you take the toddler by him- or
> herself, you
> could follow along closely or put bells on the shoes, or a box of
> Tic-Tacs
> in a pocket so you can track that way.
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <mumwith2kids at gmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 9:03 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] kids and the park
>
> I have a almost 5 year old and a 8 year old, and a 16 month old.
> One of
> the things that has really bugged me is going out with the kids.
> I'd
> never had the guts to take them to the park.  I'd wanted too,
> but am not
> sure how I would keep a track on them all, esspecially when I
> don't know
> the lay out etc.  So, do any of you do this? If so, how?
> Thanks,
> Steph
>
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