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I am sorry you grew up feeling this way. I have always explained to my children what they can and cannot hear. I also explain to them that there are mean people out there and that when people are mean it usually means they are hiding something. I have also explained to my kids how smart they are. I have explained to them how it is much hardier for them to hear in a large group or with background noises. I have trieds to be very open and honest with children.
And thanks to learning ASL and finding the Deaf community, I got over the need to hear like hearing people.
If your children understand that great, but what about the children who are in oral programs..are they told the same thing? They need deaf role models and most oral programs dont employ deaf people so these kids are at risk comparing themselves to hearing peers or thinking that if they dont hear like their peers, they wont have a good future.