[blparent] Child getting away

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

It's wonderful that everybody worked together like that.  Those are the 
stories that make you have some confidence that there are a lot of good 
people out there.

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: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:24 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Child getting away

> 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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