Tag Archives: blind

Blind Parent, Sighted Child

Posted by   jeepmanmatt   |   Categories :   Web Article

Playing with My Son My four year old son scrambles from one activity to the next at our local playground. He knows I can’t see him properly, my vision faded years before he was born but he still calls out, “Watch me, Mummy. I’m over here.” I turn my head to face the direction of […]

March 9, 2017

The intrepid: What it’s like to be a blind parent

Posted by   jeepmanmatt   |   Categories :   Web Article

It’s Saturday night at a vast indoor playground in downtown Portland, Oregon. Dozens of kids clamber through three stories of tunnels and slides while their parents sit at tables nearby. In a brightly painted room usually reserved for birthday parties, a mothers’ group is meeting. For the next two hours, the four women in attendance […]

March 7, 2017

Blind parents raising their two year old son

Posted by   jeepmanmatt   |   Categories :   Video

Parents often say that raising children is one of the most rewarding and challenging stages of life. Now imagine how you’d do it if you were blind. Not sure? … Check out this video and learn how two parents, Rebecca and Eric, who are both blind are loving, laughing and adapting as they raise their […]

November 18, 2016

Parenting without sight

Posted by   jeepmanmatt   |   Categories :   Uncategorized

Here is a link to a interesting article with information on parenting without sight. Parenting without sight

September 10, 2016