[blparent] new member intro

Thu Sep 8 13:54:22 UTC 2016

It sounds like you've already made your decision.  You're the parent, it's 
totally all you as to what you buy your child.

My personal buying electronics history...
I think my son was 9 or 10, when I bought him a Game Boy...remember those? 
*smile*  I don't think they make them anymore, but my son, now an adult, 
still has his and it still works.
In junior high school I got him a lap top.  I put it in the same room where 
I have my computer, so I could supervise  him while still getting my own 
stuff done.
In high school he got a desktop computer.  We homeschooled and the computer 
use increased with that.  He was also interested in audio and video 
recording and editing.  All totally appropriate and supervised, although by 
this time we had developed a strong history of trust about the use of 
technology.  So I didn't supervise as closely.
The last thing I purchased was an iPad mini.  He wanted something portable. 
It also worked out great in the long run because he refuses to get a 
phone...he's never had a cell phone...but with the iPad I can talk to him 
with FaceTime, messages and email.

Oh, he did also have a variety of game specific systems, X box and 
Playstation, but he  purchased those himself in the high school years.

Kids are different, parents are different and there is not going to be some 
purchasing plan that works for everyone.  You have to do what you feel you 
need to do that's in the best interest of your child.  I'd encourage you to 
think about the difference between need and want and what gift giving means 
to you.  In my mind gift giving is for the giver to decide what is most 
appropriate, useful, appreciated, meaningful etc.  There are people in my 
life who think Christmas is when you submit your shopping list and the stuff 
appears.  That's not how I operate.  To each his own though.

Julie
New lowered price on my book:
Courage to Dare: A Blind Woman's Quest to Train her Own Guide Dog
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QXZSMOC
-----Original Message----- 
From: Josh Kennedy via BlParent
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 6:40 AM
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Cc: Josh Kennedy
Subject: Re: [blparent] new member intro

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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh
> Kennedy via BlParent
> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:58 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> 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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