[blparent] Explaining vision loss to children

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

That's so interesting.  When I was really young, I'm guessing about three or 
four, I remember believing that all babies were born blind, sort of like 
puppies or kittens with their eyes closed.  Some day, I figured, my sight 
would come.  I had no doubt of that because my older brother could see just 
fine.  Then my little sister came along, and for some time, I assumed she 
was blind like me.  I guess it's strange to have such vivid memories at that 
young age, but I remember exactly when I figured out that my baby sister 
could see.  My dad put a mobile up in her crib, and I was curious about it 
and wanted to know what it was for.  He told me that my sister could look up 
at the mobile and kick at it.  I was insanely jealous because, in the way I 
saw the world at the time, my baby sister had taken my turn.  I should have 
gotten my sight before she did.


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: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children

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> I've heard about children of blind mothers who assume for a while that 
> most mommies are blind.
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> Debbie
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> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:12 PM
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>> We found out that we didn't need to explain very much. It was interesting 
>> that with Mark it took him longer to realize that others could see like 
>> he could.
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>> Sheila Leigland
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