[blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

Fri Jun 8 13:51:10 UTC 2012

I've always just used the machine

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Samara Raine
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

How do you soak the clothes in tide? Do you do it once they're in the
machine or in a bucket of some sort? Sorry, this may seem pretty self
explanitory, but I just want to be sure.

Sam

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From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifersjackson at att.net>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

>I use a lot of Oxy Clean in this house, and Tide with every load. I also
>let
> the clothes soak for about 15 extra minutes in the Tide for almost every
> load. Tide is the only really harsh chemical I use in my whole house. I
> use
> it because consumer reports says it is the best cleaner. Most people do
> not
> need this much cleaning power for every day, but as I can not see the
> stains
> to pre-treat this is what I do. My boys do still manage to stain some of
> their clothes though.
>
> I do four to five loads of laundry every day to keep up with all the dirty
> clothes they produce, so my boys always have something to where.
>
> Sometimes we are still subject to the negative ideas of others. My son had
> the school health aid wrapped around his finger at school. He once told me
> he did not have to put on clean socks because "my nurse will have some for
> me." This same health aid gave him a clean shirt to where one day at
> school
> and assured me it was no big deal. Of course it was a big deal, I sent him
> in a clean shirt that morning that was the same shirt he wore the day
> before. He pulled it off the top of the laundry basket and I even warned
> him
> people might think he was wearing a dirty shirt. The nurse offered him one
> he thought was cool and he just let her believe the one he had on was
> dirty
> so he could wear the shirt she had. I could tell in my many conversations
> with this woman that she thought she was "saving" my son. She called me
> one
> day because poor Henry was not eating and she was really worried about
> him.
> Now he already had an appointment about changing his medication set up for
> the next week so his trouble with his appetite had already been noted, but
> she still called me at least three more times that week to talk about how
> Henry was not eating at school and she was really worried about him taking
> his medication on an empty stomach and this loss of appetite. Now because
> of
> the ADHD meds I offered my son breakfast at home and at school to increase
> our chances of getting him to eat in the morning. She was going to the
> cafeteria and checking on him every day that week and practically begging
> him to eat. On at least one occasion she took him to the vending machines
> and got him a granola bar because she was so worried about this. I am sure
> my lack of excitement about this matter just confirmed her belief that I
> am
> a bad mother. Henry, of course, just loved the extra attention.
>
>
> Jennifer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:06 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!
>
> Hi.  I don't think she meant that her son goes to school in dirty clothes.
> I do know that my sister, who has taught kindergarten for some fifteen
> years, says dirty clothes is one of the first warning signs that teachers
> notice when it comes to neglect and the like.  So it's worth the extra
> effort to keep the clothes as clean as possible.  What I do is throw a
> laundry booster in every load, just in case some stains are missed.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
> song."  Maya Angelou
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 9:56 PM
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!
>
>> Jennifer, listen to me please.  Your son going to school with dirty
>> clothes
>> is trifling!  Not only will other sighted kids notice, he may even get a
>> call from the principal's office!  The dreaded: "Mrs. Jackson, your
>> slovenly-clad son came in here dirty clothes.  How can he learn in this
>> environment!"  No-no-no-no-no!  We wash up; we scrub-a-dub-a-dub.  So
>> that
>> when your son goes to school, he feels like a million bucks.  This will
>> help him to be clean and well kept, instead of unkempt and slovenly.
>>
>> Eric
>> ..
>>
>> Eric Calhoun.  Facebook: eric at pmpmail.com
>>
>
>
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