[blparent] Herding Cats and Children

[Judy Jones]

Well, I understand what Jody was saying.  We didn't live in fear and trepidation, but we were aware that we certainly needed to be the best we can be, but any good parent, sighted or blind, would want to do that anyway.

Judy

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer via blparent
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				Amen Jennifer. 
I also thought it was sad that Jodi posted about being relieved when her kids turned eighteen. How sad to go through nearly two decades being afraid rather then having the confidence and faith that should something happen, you and your children would get through it.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer S Jackson via blparent
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Please consider the implications of statements about children never having been to emergency rooms, had police involvement, or caught doing drugs as clear signs of good parenting. Sometimes bad things happen to all families and implying that never having such problems is due to good parenting implies that people who do have any of those struggles are bad parents. Of course that could be really what you meant by those statements and not an unintended implication. Good parenting can help avoid such problems, but I would argue that families who are having these kind of struggles can demand even better parenting to get through. Just as we do not want our abilities as parents to be judged only on someone's perhaps erroneous understanding of blindness, we should not judge other parents whose situation we can not know.


Jennifer




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