[blparent] curious.

[Judy Jones]

Yes, we did experience other kids not being used to us not meeting their 
eyes.  Our kids had no issues with this though, and we never had any 
communication problems either.  Even as young children, when I said "show 
me," that meant taking our hands.

I remember also when they were quite young and in our arms and wanting to 
point, instead of pointing themselves, they would grab one of our fingers, 
and point it.  We would walk toward the object or person they were pointing 
at, and they would gently tug on the finger in the right direction.  It felt 
like being a walking compass, and worked just fine.  No frustrations.

One story I remember from my college days.  I had gone back home for the 
weekend, bringing a college friend with me.  Another high school blind 
friend who was a new mom at the time brought over her one-year-old son.  He 
had been given a cup of chereos to munch on.  He toddled over to my friend 
and said,"Look!"  She did.  He said, "No! Look!" and took her hand to show 
her the cup of chereos.  To him, looking with the eyes was not enough.

I've found sighted people to be very fascinated with this concept in a 
positive way.  To other sighted kids, I say, "Show me with my hands," and 
they get it right away.  No biggy.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Wendy Meuse via BlParent
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 6:18 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Cc: Wendy Meuse
Subject: [blparent] curious.

i know that our own kids get used to the way we do things.  Eeven when my 
daughter was quite a small baby, my husband told me that
she could tel that  I was not looking at her. of course I was talking to her 
as any mother does, and I had my face turned towards
her, but of course our eyes did  not meet.  My daughter took this in stride. 
Whenn I was watching other children though it took
them a little while to get used to me not  looking at them. i wondered iff 
any of you noticed this and did it take say, yourr
nabor's children or your  friend's children long to get used to this 
situation?  When I started worrking at daycare, it took some of
the kids a while to get used to it.  I had to work harder to win their 
confidence.  i thought this would be an  interesting topic
and I wondered what you guys thhink?
today is a brand new day with no mistakes in it.  let go of the past and 
move forward.



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