[blparent] new member intro

[Josh Kennedy]

at least with the tablet he would not be shut up in his room with it. I 
would not allow that.



On 9/8/2016 5:58 AM, Star Gazer via BlParent wrote:
> 			I'd also sayno to the tablet. You asked so there's
> my answer.
> I'm not real sure you want an answer on him getting a job, v. not getting a
> job, but I can give you some very cogent arguments on why he should focus on
> school and not get a job until he's legally an adult, i.e. out of high
> school if you'd like.
>
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> Cc: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blparent] new member intro
>
> hi
> I'm a new member well not exactly I was on this list about 10 years ago.
> But I may be new to some of you. Anyway my name is Josh Kennedy I live in a
> rural town in PA. I subscribed mainly because I have a question. My sighted
> son is 9 years old. He keeps asking for an xbox 1 or xbox 1s for Christmas.
> But they are expensive and I'm on SSI. Also my tv only has one HDMI
> connection and that is being used by the apple tv box. and I'd rather not
> spend nearly $600 for an xbox 1s and a new tv to put in his bedroom where he
> wouldn't be supervised as much. I'm totally blind by the way and use NVDA
> for my screen reader and will soon be using the orbit reader20 low cost
> braille display for braille input and output.
> You all can google search orbit reader20 if you want more info so anyway
> rather than getting him an xbox 1s and new tv and stuff besides I don't have
> the money for a new tv in my living room with 2 or more HDMI connectors at
> the moment and I won't for a good many months... So do you all think I
> should just get him a good android tablet? I found one with a 10.6 inch
> screen octa-core 8 processors and 2gigs of ram for $130.
> much more affordable for me. It's difficult to save money when only on SSI.
> I had to save 6 months and give up lots of stuff just to save up for the
> orbit reader 20 at $499 due out in october 2016. He keeps asking for M-rated
> games like GTA and the crew and stuff like that. So what do you all think.
> save up for xbox 1s, and new bigger tv or good nearly 11-inch much more
> affordable android tablet? also gotta save for the braigo low cost embosser
> supposed to be out next year so I can have as much braille as possible for
> his future school endeavors. next point is i figure if he wants a fancy xbox
> when he's older that may give him an incentive to get a job and get it
> himself. after all if I get him everything where's the incentive to
> eventually work for or save for what he wants to have just like i had to
> save for the orbit reader20 and will save for the low cost braigo embosser
> due out sometime in 2017?
>
> thanks
>
> Josh Kennedy
>
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