[nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

[Judy Jones]

You got that right!  Hahahaha!

Judy


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From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

Wow! This sure brings back a lot of memories1! Yes, I had lots of sleepovers as well, Mom always met the parents first.I hadn't thought about this in years!

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Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 9:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends

.That sounds like so much fun thanks for your reply

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> 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>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Having Sleepovers with sighted friends
> 
> 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
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 8:10 AM
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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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