She couldn't do the job for me, but she could help me get the practice I needed. She could make our home attractive for other children. She could bring birthday treats to school and have parties for groups of my friends. After that I was on my own. But every parent is equipped to help with the process.
Common sense is the guide, and love is the motivator.
The problem is that, when parents begin to depend on the views of professionals only, they begin to doubt their own ability to draw accurate conclusions and deny themselves the benefit of their own, more personal, detailed observations. Like all other children, blind kids need vast amounts of reassurance and help in order to make it through childhood and adolescence. Let's be sure to give them all the help to which they are entitled. Blind youngsters need all the support we can give them.