[blparent] kids and the park

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Thank you for explaining. We are all still learning, and that doesn't have much to do with blindness, just what oppertunities life throws our way. Life is all about learning and the time frame doesn't much matter.
Your fear does sound almost pathological in that it limits you.
Are you addressing this in any way?

I say this because there is normal concern and then there is not. You sound like you have a level of worry and generalized fear that is unhealthy. I'm not convinced this is  a blindness issue.
To those on the list that say I was being harsh, I didn't mean to be. I just want to point out that there may be other issues going on that Stephanie would do well to look at. Being afraid of "it" without having a clear idea of what "it" is is not healthy for anybody involved.

to put it another way, if a sighted mom said "I'm afraid something will happen to Billy" and gave no other details, you'd get the "see a mental health person" or "get a grip" response I gave Stephanie.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:04 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park

I am just dealing with a lot of fear not just from now but my
child hod.  There were many mixed messages growing up.  On the
one hand i had to be 100 times better than the sighted world, but
on the other, wasn't really allowed to get out and about, and I
had to learn house work etc later in life and am still learning.
Steph


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 21:36:02 -0700
Subject: Re: [blparent] kids and the park

Hello I think we have all thought about theese things and of
course they can happen.  But most of the time things go just
fine.  I had to decide not to live in fear and as lonbg as I knew
I did the best that I  could it was all that I could do.

sheila leigland

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