[nabs-l] perseptions of future parents

[Beth]

I always thought i could be a parent, and some people have said I
should marry a sighted man just so I wouldn't have these problems.
But my current significant other is blind, and if we married and had
kids, I don't see why we would have problems in the first place.
First-time mothers should know that ALL first-time mothers go through
nursing things.  My aunt had nine kids, or she has a ninth child on
the way, and she had her eighth child premature.  He had a few nursing
difficulties, but it wasn't my aunt's fault.  She is sighted, luckily,
but if it were I having had nine kids, ... well, I wouldn't have that
many kids because it's just too many to put on a bus or lite rail.  My
friend Blake said I should control the number and spacing of kids, but
that's a whole different subject right there.  There is a blind
parents division listserv for those interested btw.
Beth

On 8/29/10, Rob Blachowicz <rob_blach at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> My point in bringing this up is to ask how do we educate and be ambassadors
> for the blind on this issue.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 8:46 PM
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] perseptions of future parents
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>> I think you're preaching to the choir.  No one would ever claim blind
>> people
>> cannot properly care for children.  In my opinion, where certain
>> techniques
>> fall short, nature firmly takes over.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rob Blachowicz
>> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:38 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] perseptions of future parents
>>
>> I know we've been discussing the perseptions of sighted people.
>> I have noticed a lot of people have the same sort of
>> perseptions that Blind people can not properly take care of a
>> new born child on their own including the past case we helped
>> fight.  I've talked to some sighted people on this case and they said
>> "Blind parents could not see to properly nurse or support a
>> child's head and will hurt or break the baby's bones".
>> This is the kind of ignarence we fight every day and it fuels
>> me how many people actually believe this.  I'd like to hear
>> others comments.
>> Rob Blachowicz
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