[nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

[Judy Jones]

I will add here, though, that all families are different.  Some are not as open.  My husband's parents, for instance, although welcoming, were more formal than our household.  My husband remembers having friends over, but more of a formal situation, not as informal as ours seemed to be.

I also remember my sighted sister having friends and parties that way.

The grand-slam slumberparty happened for her when she asked mom if the girls in the church youth group could stay the night, mom said yes.

Unknown to mom, people invited their friends, and they ended up with 50 girls.  I was only 8 at the time, and mom and dad had me sleep at a neighbor's house, they needed the room.  They say it was wall-to-wall girls with their sleeping bags, and the pile of stuffed toys and coats almost reached the ceiling in my sister's bedroom, according to mom.

The next morning, the youth leader appeared, and the girls got out the vacuum, mop, duster, cleaned the kitchen, and by the time they all left, mom had a clean house.

This epic slumber party was talked about for years after, and my parents were very good sports.

Judy

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Roanna Bacchus via nfb-talk
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

.That sounds like so much fun thanks for your reply

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 27, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Sherry Gomes via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy 
> Jones via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:33 AM
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> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
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> 
> Yep, ours was the same.
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Sherry Gomes via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:13 AM
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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.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy 
> Jones via nfb-talk
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> Cc: Judy Jones <Judy.Jones at icbvi.idaho.gov>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Sherry Gomes via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:07 AM
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> Cc: Sherry Gomes
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy 
> Brannan via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:01 AM
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> Cc: Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name>
> 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?
> 
> --
> 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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