[blindkid] adoption

[Debby B]

I think a lot of have adopted our kiddos! Winona is from Hong Kong, adopted at age 3.5yo. I have a friend in NY who adopted her daughter at age 10 from Kumming.

 Debby 
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From: Steve & Karen Leinart <s.leinart at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:55:41 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Training Wheels or Not?

Barbara,

We have 4 kiddos from China.  Our youngest is also from Kunming.  We adopted him when he was 32 months old, and he is my little guy with glaucoma.

Karen

Barbara Hammel wrote:
> Hey Holly
> We adopted our twins almost four years ago from Kunming, Yunnan province China at the age of 2 years and fifty weeks.
> Barbara
> 
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
> 
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> From: "holly miller" <hollym12 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:36 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Training Wheels or Not?
> 
>> Hank is 8 and isn't interested in riding a bike so I haven't experienced it
>> first hand.
>> I did want to wave to you though because Hank is also adopted from China.
>> He joined our family a month before his 6th birthday, from Suzhou.
>> 
>> My gut feeling is, go by if she want the training wheels off or not.
>> If having them on doesn't bother her, if they allow her to bike safely &
>> confidently who cares how old she is?  Besides grandma of course (smile)
>> 
>> If she is feeling self conscious about them herself,  a friend swears by
>> taking the pedals off at the same time you take the training wheels off.
>> Lower the seat so her feet will just sit flat on the ground.  Let her scoot
>> around with foot power, picking up her feet to glide and learn balance.
>> If she starts to wobble, it's easy to set a foot down to stabilize.  The
>> theory is kids feel more secure when they are concentrating on balance and
>> not thinking about pedaling.  Less epic wipe outs with this method too. Once
>> they are confidently gliding around, reinstall the pedals
>> 
>> Holly
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