Category: Parent Talk
Don't really have anything to say about raising the little beggars, but I wanted to be the first nonexecutive member of the zone to post to a topic, and I may never get the chance again. Also, this topic won't be locked so it will be easy to reply to.
Bob
A couple years ago I was the one who suggested a joke board, and I think I was also the first to post to it.
It takes so litttle to please some people. (grin)
Hello.
As i said in another topick i am not a parent but i love children so much.
I was born in 1982 and my second brother in 1986. But in 1997 my parents decided to have another child and i was 15 by then. Because i was old enough i was involved with looking after my little brother and i am very attached to him. And in 2000 my parents again decided to have another one and my little sister was born when i was 18 years old.
So that's why i love children so much and i hope one day that i will have my own children to rais and look after.
Anyway probaply you don't care about me and my brothers but i wanted to explain why i supported this board idea and why i will read all the topicks here.
Nikos
wow i think it is a great thing i mean as a totally blind woman i have questions about the little stuff like changing diapers and feeding and the things that come with raising a child.
Becky, you're just jealous that you couldn't be first here too. <smile>.
Nikos, I think it's great that you love your little brother and sister so much. One of my co-workers had her first and second children 15 years apart and is very disappointed that the older one has no interest in helping with the young one.
Hi Becky.
My second brother is a bit like that. He wasn't involved that much with looking after them unless if he really had to.
Just a thought. A thought which will probably get shot down. But, perhaps this board should be renamed the children's board? Or maybe the parenting boared rather then the Parent Talk board? I mean there are a lot of great older brothers and sisters on the zone, aunts and uncles, babysitters and child care providers who contribute to these topics, come seeking advice and guidance and give great input. It seems a shame to exclude great older brothers like Nikos or wonderful big sisters like, erm, Candice, what's your frigging screen name now? Anyway, like Candice. lol Or those who just love caring for children and do it regularly like Pippy. Like I said, just a thought.
I agree. Before I got pregnant and had my son, I was dying to get to know other blind parents, but got a little shy when I saw something like, "Blind Parent's List," "Parent Talk," or whatever it was that just totally screamed "Just because you want kids, it doesn't make you a parent." I wish I hadn't let that bug me, and that I'd just jumped in and added my two-sense, but I didn't. I instead found out I was pregnant, and during the whole pregnancy, I searched and searched and never found anything for blind parents. I finally gave birth, and two weeks later, accidentally came acrost a mailing list for parents, then three months later, I join the Zone and find a whole board just calling my name and making me smile. Thanks for the wonderful insight and advice, people. I appreciate it very much.