[nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

[margo Downey]

I attended many sleepovers and slumber parties with sighted and blind
friends.  Always a lot of fun.  My parents always knew the other parents
and the sighted or blind friends.  

One friend's family owned a barbecue place in Fort Worth, Texas and she had
a lot of slumber parties.  We'd all first go to eat dinner at the barbecue
place and then go to her house for the slumber party.  A lot of us liked
the show Dark Shadows and we'd tell our parents that no matter how tired we
were the next day, we wanted to be sure and watchDark Shadows at 3:00 p.m.
Of course, this was in the summertime.  We Girl Scouts had slumber parties,
too.  

Margo and Isis

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
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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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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.



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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? 

--
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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