Watch out, you might be getting uncomfortably close to the truth here....
After all, when warning me about my daughter blaming me for giving her CI instead of leaving her deaf, isn't this in fact a manifestation of the fear of parents that DID NOT choose to implant, that their children will ask them "why did you not do that for me!!"
The argument "the child has to choose" is not valid, and the child that is 15 now, will point out to the parent that it is the decision of the parent... So it is right to ask an explanation.
I can imagine that the posts I put down here and on Lotte's blog, about a child that thrives with CI, and loves to hear, is threatening, because it does not fit in with all the assumptions of non-loving parents with messed-up children that hate their CI....
Better to cling to experiences of children where CI is not the answer... THAT fits in very nicely with the overall idea of CI will fail, ASL is the answer..
Are we still on topic ???
