[blparent] crossing the street

[Mark Feliz]

I always made it a point to remind my kids (look left, right, left"at
every street crossing--even when they would grown "we know dad".
However, kids aren't robots, they will sometimes forget. Keep
reminding.
Mark Feliz

On 2/17/13, Robert Shelton <rshelton1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought most of us turned our heads to better scan the sounds of traffic.
> I know that I do.  I don't think about it, but next time I'll try to be
> conscious of whether it would be a natural motion for a sighted person.
> FWIW, you get a far more complete picture of your environment if you do
> move
> your head.  There are certain directions which can be ambiguous -- say
> front
> and back , which resolve very easily when you turn your head.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheila Leigland [mailto:sleigland at bresnan.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:24 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] crossing the street
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> Hmm never thought about that one
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:13 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List' <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] crossing the street
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> Hello, here's a subject I don't recall ever covering.  As we were crossing
> the street a few days ago, my husband, Gab and I, I, of course, did not
> turn
> my head to look, just listened to the road ahead.  My husband could not see
> the traffic coming up the road due to a parked car so he took a few steps
> forward to look around the car and Gab thought he was crossing.  I had
> already stopped and she kept going, when my husband reached out and yanked
> her back.
> There was a car rapidly approaching.  She said she thought it wa safe
> because dad stepped forward and she did not see me stop.
> The reason for this post is I am wondering how others, us blind parents
> teach our children to look for cars on a busy or eeven a not so busy road.
> I have always said look both ways, first to the left, then the right and
> then again to the left.
> But I think because we, the blind community, don't turn our heads, our
> children follow our lead.
> Your thoughts?
> V
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