Not me but I'd really like to hear about your experience growing up with blind parents! As someone loosing my eyesight right now but hopes to one day be a parent, I'd really like to hear any tips or tricks and your overall experience!

Like did you guys live in the city. suburbs, rural? How many kids did they have? How did they handle not being able to drive you guys around? Etc.

If you don't mind! Just curious since I don't get to hear about that perspective much!

As far at tips go . . . I knew my mom put bells on all three of our shoes shoelaces when we were younger so she could hear where we were and where we were going. She also had a backpack style baby carrier back in the 90s for us I know they’re are way cooler ones now. We all also developed a love for reading like our mother. She would listen to books on cassette and check out Braille books. She would also have us read to her and transcribe books into Braille if she wasn’t able to find a book already in Braille. Sometimes guiding my mom felt like a chore because none of the other kids had to help there parents around a grocery store but for the most part I always felt like a big helper and of course when I got older this feeling wore off because I ultimately loved hanging with my mom and helping. I bet now a days she would just be ordering from insta cart . There seems to be an abundance of helpful things now that were invented to make a sighted persons life easier with no regard to blind/visually impaired but thankfully it helps everyone. Although I’m not to sure how hard navigating websites like that are? Do you use jaws or some other type of software on your pc.

It’s grand. Mam is blind and dads visually impaired. Me and my sister are also visually impaired. It’s grand as they get any issues I might face. It’s just my normal

I have an 18yr old.... He's an amazing person - super proud of him.

I cover his vehicle expenses and he gives me rides. It's a pretty sweet deal for both of us.

I was a bit of a helicopter mom when he was a toddler, because if he got too far away I wouldn't be able to find him, but I tried to not to let that turn into being smothering or over protective. I just stuck close by so I could see him. By four I could generally trust him to not vanish into thin air.

Other than that, I think things have been fairly.... normal?

I tried not to put a lot of expectations or responsibilities on him related to my eyesight. However, he will instinctively help me out with things that he's just learned over the years that I have difficulty with (which I really appreciate).

Both my parents were born in the 60s before coverings were made for the eyes and they developed ROP in the incubator. So they grew up without their sight. They both attended a school for the blind & visually impaired. I grew up only with my mom and 2 brothers though. She was able figure out who was walking on the stairs just by our footsteps that we made it was wild. We lived in the city and mostly rode the metro around to get places. We would also walk a lot! Eventually when we started taking taxis as well for fast trips to the store. I bet now a days everyone is using an Uber instead. My mom cooked all the time and baked! It was so fun learning how to cook from her and I enjoyed cooking with her when I got older.
Hmmm over all experience I would have to say it was fun, of course there were probably a lot of obstacles for my mom and I wish she were still alive so she could reply as well. I never knew any different and enjoyed walking around and riding the bus.

Ditto for me. Would love to know about your experience growing up Would love to adopt some day, and hopefully sooner than later.

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