[nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

[Sherry Gomes]

I had lots of sleepovers with sighted friends. And had lots of friends sleep
over at my house. It was great and one of my better memories of childhood. I
was excessively shy, and being around just a few friends, or just one friend
overnight helped me get to know them better and gain confidence. And it was
fun! That was the sixties and seventies. I don't know if things were less
frightening for parents, or if my stepmom talked to my friends' parents
first.



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Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

Of course they should. As a parent myself, I can tell you that this is
absolutely, period amen not a blindness issue. Good for your parents for not
allowing a sleepover with people that she presumably had never met. Of
course, a hundred years after, we don't know the circumstances surrounding
this. Was there enough time that she could have talked to or met with this
other family? 

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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194 
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: buddy at brannan.name




> On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:55 AM, roanna bacchus via nfb-talk
<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Members,
> 
> The subject of this email stems from an incident that happened to me when
I was in sixth grade.  One of my sighted friends invited me to a sleepover
at her house.  When I went home that evening, I asked my mom if I could go
to the sleepover and she said no.  I was so sad because I could not go to my
friend's house.  My parents did not allow me to go because thex did not know
my sighted friend or her parents.  Should blind kids be allowed to attend
sleepovers with their sighted friends? Hope to hear from you soon.
> 
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