[blparent] Children and prejudice and posting pet-peeve

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

First, I apologize if this sounds nit-picky and witchy, and perhaps it's
just hormones, but can we please, please change our subject headings
when our posts have nothing to do with that subject? I continue to read
Teaching children about blindness headings only to find a post about
remedies for insomnia.

Second, kids are not born with prejudices and "hang-ups" about people;
prejudice is a learned behavior as are ingrained stereotypes and
negative attitudes. That is why I push for more education about
blindness for parents and young children. The sooner we reach them, the
better chance we have of ensuring a new generation does not grow up with
the old notions about disability.

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: 10
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:51:22 -0700
From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Explaining vision loss to children
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Hi, fortunately at that age the kidddos usually aren't making andy
judgment calls at all. And him wanting to be blind so he can be a daddy
is cute.

Sheila Leigland