[blparent] don't know if I am allowed to do this.

[Wendy Meuse]

Most of the people who have been on the list are from the States and two of us from Canada so although I am interested in what goes 
on in Europe, that is not talked about much.  There is also a parent of an older child, nineteen I believe who is from new Zealand 
who also has a lot of good advice to offer.  i certainly don't like it when there is infighting in a group and if there is, i just 
don't contribute to it that is for sure.
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Hmm, I seem to remember Paula's name and
from what I remember that list was full of "Johnny barfed today" with a lot
of "praying for Johnny!" posts.
Resources are good but you do need to get off the computer and actually
interact with your kids and the world around them. All this is to say that
if the list is good, use it, just don't feel like you have to be on it
because it's about blind parents.
Also, the advice given on the list may be slanted to Europe. That's fine so
far as it goes but may not apply to folks in the states. Example is that in
Europe the governments in many countries pay for sighted helpers. We don't
have that here, so if we use sighted assistance, we are on our own to find
and vet. Also, the school schedule is different in Europe, they have more
breaks during the year instead of a long summer off. That makes a difference
in terms of how you do things. Ditto for getting your kids to and from
school, in England you may have your kid going to school right down the
street or you may have your kid going fifteen km away.
All this is to say, use your head folks and do what makes sense.

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: [blparent] don't know if I am allowed to do this.

To me, the more blind parents and resources the better, and it shouldn't
matter how.

Judy


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wendy Meuse
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Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:49 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Cc: Wendy Meuse
Subject: [blparent] don't know if I am allowed to do this.

I don't know if i am allowed to do this.  If not, could the mods please give
my wrist a slap and tell me not to do it again.

Some friends and I had a blindparenting group  on yahoogroups which became
inaccessible.  We had a good ggroup there, but we gradually slacked off as
it was so hard to use the group.  i am in no way suggesting that people
switch grroups, but I thought that sometimes it is good to have more then
one group to belong too as we can be in touch with more blind parents.  The
more parents we can be in touch with, the more support we can gain.  Just an
idea and I hope I am not in trouble for this.  i belong to both hgroups and
I would not like to think of being kicked off of one group because I belong
to another.  It is very small now, but we are trying to find more members
who would like to join us and pass their wisdom or questions along to us.  I
know that some of the gals who were with us before go on to facebook and I
have heard that facebook groups are a good source of support too but there
are still a few of us who feel more comfortable with E-mail groups.  I don't
really have anyone to show mme how to use facebook.  i belonged when Gary
and I were together but I found it very frustrating.  I know a lot of blind
people have no trouble with it, but oh man I
sure did.  All the ads and pictures and things just threw me for a loop
ehehehehehehehe!  I know.  I am     behind the times.  My
grand sons have told me countless times.  Anyway if any of you are
interested, the subscription info is:
blindparenting+subscribe at groups.io


Thanks you for reading.  Your friend Wendy.
God knows the end from the beginning so we can trust him with everything in
between.



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