[blparent] new member intro

[Wendy Meuse]

Hi Josh:  I agree that there is just too much of this giving children everything they want.  I was a single mom and it sure did not 
make things easy.  Even when my daughter got old enough that the sore brand jeans or other clothes did not suit her at all I told 
her that I would pay for what the store would charge for their brand and she could pay for the other half that she would have to pay 
for her designer jeans by getting jobs such as cutting grass or baby sitting.  She saved up half for her mountain bike that way and 
I matched it.  It sure did make her proud that she earned some of that bike.  It has given her a good work ethic.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Kennedy via BlParent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Josh Kennedy" <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 8:58 PM
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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