I knew a few of you knew your parents who were and had deaf kids who grew up into adults that a lot of people are upset about. Let’s say here before, tell mine. My friends’ parents had a baby and learned them being deaf. They leave them to deaf school or leave to foster parents who want kids. They wished their parents would accept them as who they are. They never understood about deaf culture or not want to learn about it. Some kids who have deaf parents want them to continue to go to deaf school in their heritage as deaf strong family.

Deaf friends told me that their parents do not know how to communicate with them and always get frustrated with them because they can’t make them feel loved. They wanted their parents to be loved and cherished. How? No communication or no way to reach them for years. Sad. Felt bitter and angry.

Deaf friends told me that their parents are deaf and very wonderful to them. They are alike deaf and wanted to challenge with the cultures. They showed loved and cared about deaf world. Communication wonderful and able to reach them for years. Happy?

Okay, now mine. My parents are hearing and learned about me being deaf. They are very concerned about my life in the world and cultures. They learned sign language to communicate with me. They did put me in speech therapy in public school. I went to public school all in my life (never in deaf school). I had a sign language interpreter in classes. There are deaf classes in public school, too. I can understand deaf and hearing cultures. My parents still think I have difficulty with challenging hearing culture. I have been frustrated with my parents because they do not understand completely. They are almost not able to interpret what us going on, so I missed a lot in family ( who are all hearing no deaf). I told them to back off because they had been concerned with me and lifestyle. It is hard to make them understand. I have to prove them all the time if I could remember.

What about you?

~DW