You're absolutely right, and that's why we didn't scold her. However, I did
explain to her that running around with one eye covered isn't exactly like
being blind since you can still see with the other eye.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 18:07
Subject: Re: Children!!!
> Hi Steve and Howard,
> It is a normal developmental thing for kids to imitate those around them.
> When they think something is normal they just want to try it.
> If you had scolded your child the child would have thought that there was
> something wrong with using a cane and having her other hand covering her
> eye.
> Did you ever notice that kids like to play with canes like they are
> mopping or running the sweeper.
> That's why we buy children things like play stoves, refrigerators, doll
> houses, etc.
> People should be very happy that children want to imitate them and that
> children feel that the activity is normal and worth imitating.
> The world of imagination and curiosity of a child is so heartwarming.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 5:21 pm
> Subject: Re: Children!!!
>
>>
>>
>> Howard,
>>
>> Your story about the cane reminds me of something my daughter did when
>> she
>> was about four. She grabbed my cane and started racing around the house
>> moving it back and forth with one hand while covering one eye with the
>> other
>> hand and saying, "I'm blind, like Mommy and Daddy!"
>>
>> My wife and I thought it was funny, but you'd be surprised how many
>> people
>> told us we should reprimand her for being disrespectful. We didn't think
>> it
>> was a lack of respect; she was just trying to understand what it was like
>> to
>> be blind.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 12:11
>> Subject: Children!!!
>>
>>
>> > One day my eight year old daughter, said Daddy, open your mouth, I have
>> > a
>> > surprise for you! Well foolish trusting me did so, and got a teaspoon
>> > of
>> > warm cottage cheese for my trust. I have promised her that I will tell
>> > that
>> > story at her wedding. No wedding yet, not surprised.
>> >
>> > Don't expect children to be adults, and don't allow them to be your
>> > eyes,
>> > they will rebel sooner or later and they will have a powerful way to do
>> > it.
>> >
>> > The other thing she did, was when we went for walks when she was
>> > little,
>> > she
>> > had to carry and use her own cane. Not with her sighted Mother, but
>> > she
>> > wanted to be like her Daddy. She was three and used good cane
>> > technique.
>> > Now she is a nurse and graduated with a 3.93 GPA. She understood the
>> > world
>> > this way when she was small.
>> > Mommies can see and Daddies can't. Made sense to her.
>> >
>
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