Category: Parent Talk
I have been blind sense I was three months old but when I became a mom I had know clue what it would be like. It's very enteresting at times and tiring but I really enjoy my boys and wouldn't trade them hor nothing. My oldest is three years old and he is a very big challenge for me because he knows I can't see hem so he likes to test me a lot. The baby is eight months old and he is the total opiset but I know I will have plenty of challenges with hem to. Can any one relate? Any advice you can give me to help be a better parent as far as teaching them things would really be greately appreciated!
hmmmm ... What would you do about teaching them to read and stuff? Interesting ...
I have know clue. I do have my mom to help but I just wish I could teach them things with out depending on others.
there allot of ways to do that. getting index cards with raised letters so the child can see them and she can feel them. Allot of children's books you can put clear braille tape over the print so they may still read teh book and tell if the child is accurate. Once they are taught in school you can sit down with the child and listen to them sound things out, and once they know the letters you can ask them to spell what they are seeing. There are letter shaped magnets for the refrigerator. some of them are the print shape with the braille letter on them aswell for the parrent to feel. I am not a parrent, but have a neice, and two nephiews, and two small brothers. These are thing
I have a 7 year old and no what you mean on them knowing you can't see and testing that to its fullest extent. is your husband involved and what does he think of all this. is he blind or sighted how much does he help
You can also get books which have print on one page, and the corresponding braille on the other. In the UK, they're called 'two-ways' books. I think they're on the web. Other than that, getting print letter magnets, and then stensils so that they can draw the letters onto paper is a good idea. If you get them to draw in crayon, and you have good tactile skills, if the stensils are big enough, you can often feel what they've written. It's difficult though.
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A suggestion would be to put bells on his shoestrings, but he could take them off. You have to show him that you are the parent and he is the child. Don’t forget that you are in charge. Discipline and remain consistent. Ask him to help you with small tasks like picking up his toys and putting away DVDs or other things. If he feels important like he has a purpose in the household than he might not act out as much. Give him consequences if he acts out just because you can’t see him. It’s better to teach him now to be respectful of you and all other adults he will meet in his life.
I agree, let your child know his place, you're the parent and they're the child. discipline is always great as long as it's consistent. Spoiling a child is great but somewhere their has to be a line and you have to know where to draw it. Let your child know you mean business and you'll have it no other way. if the father is involved, make sure that he reinforces your disciplineary actions towards the children.