[nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

[Judy Jones]

Our parents probably had that conversation, but being kids, were probably unaware.

Judy


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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

I came from a family where I was over protected as a kid.  I would not want this to happen to any other blind or other handicapped child.  
I think the parents should introduce themselves to each other, before the sleep over and if it were my child, I would let the parent, know my child was blind.  I would also let the parent know my child could do  most anything their child could.

Terry Powers

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My friends called my parents by their first names or even mom and dad. Even when I was an adult and didn't live at home, I could bring friends over to stay with me, even boyfriends. My dad didn't care, once I was an adult. I must have had slumber parties for almost all my birthday from the time I was in junior high, or maybe before.



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Yep, ours was the same.

Judy


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Yep, my parents encouraged it too. And my house became one of those where the friends of ours liked to gather. The fun house, so to speak. 



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Oh yes, I remember the sleep-overs and when older, slumber parties, both at my house, and at others' houses, what mad wonderful fun, and great memories.
Even in college, I was known to bring friends home with me for fun weekends, and my parents encouraged it.

Judy


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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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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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> On Feb 27, 2017, at 9:55 AM, roanna bacchus via nfb-talk
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> 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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