[blparent] when children get hurt

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Thanks.  Some days are better than others, but I try to stay practical.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song."  Maya Angelou

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From: "sharon howerton" <shrnhow at att.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:04 AM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] when children get hurt

> Jo Elizabeth, your comments are always so down to earth and keep me on 
> this list.
> Sharon
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> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] when children get hurt
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>> Actually, it was kind of funny, the first time my daughter told me she 
>> was bleeding, she had scraped her foot.  She put my hand on the scrape, 
>> and she didn't know the word "blood" or "bleeding."  So she said, "Mommy, 
>> it has cherry on it" because of the red color of the blood.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
>> song."  Maya Angelou
>>
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>> From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:46 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] when children get hurt
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>>> This is really smart.  Of course, as blind parents, we need to inspect 
>>> with
>>> our hands (I don't know another way).  But touching a scrape really 
>>> hurts.
>>> Just checking  your own self out really smarts, so just think about a 
>>> little
>>> kid who doesn't really understand what's going on -- just hurts real 
>>> bad,
>>> and someone is trying to touch my booboo.  Getting your child to do the
>>> first triage for you is borderline brilliant, and no, this is not just a
>>> blindness thing.  Lots of parents could learn from this.
>>>
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