[blparent] Walking with Children while Using a White Cane

[Michelle Creedy]

Hello List 

 

I'd like to here strategies people use for walking with children aged 6 and
8 while using the white cane? They are members of my family. I'm finding it
very difficult because they keep wanting to guide me which I neither want
nor expect. I want to find things with my cane just as I would although I
get there's a balance between allowing them to also navigate. At which point
do you no longer require holding hands? Of course, crossing streets is a
different story and it's better to keep kids with you at all times. I'm
thinking more of the 8-year-old for this question of not holding on. 

 

This has really come up since I've grown in my blindness skills and I'm
pushing their boundaries. This is of course all thanks to federationists!
It's awesome and I'm trying to figure out how to take the family along for
the ride. 

 

Michelle Creedy