[blparent] Child getting away

[Veronica Smith]

Speaking of getting away, while we were at costco last week, we heard
someone yell, "stop her."  The first thing that came to my mind was someone
was shop lifting so we turned around and this tiny tot, maybe 2 was dashing
at full bore toward the door and everyone starting turning their carts till
she was caged in.  My husband said she was only yea big and the mom was so
grateful that everyone made their carts into a pen. Ha ha

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 12:28 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Child getting away

There was a toddler run over in the Wal-Mart parking lot here about a year 
ago.  She wasn't badly injured, thank God.  The clerk told me about it 
because she was glad I made Sarah hold onto my hand or sit in the cart.  She

said a lot of parents just look away for a second, and that's all it takes.

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: "Karla Hudson" <hudson.kc at live.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 11:46 AM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Child getting away

> I am responding to Miles escaping from daddy.
> 1. Bells on the shoes. Never left the house with out them.
> 2. Hand holding and clamp down if they try to get away. My kids are seven
> and ten and we still hold hands lots. Great bonding with your kids holding
> hands.
> 3. Stroller, used until almost four.
>
> People often tell me "my child won't..." Well, who is the parent I think 
> to
> myself. All small children should hold their parents hand. I could tell 
> you
> a terrible story where a two year old child was run over in a store 
> parking
> lot on a dark rainy night. The police officer who told my husband the 
> story
> was so grateful that the child lived even though the tire went right over
> the child.
>
> You are the adult and you make the rules. Put the child in a wagon for
> outside fun. The world is not looking out for your kid.
>
> Karla
>
>
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