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It DEPENDS on....I will tell you reason...I have associated with some deaf parents with hearing children...I am close friend to one hearing friend who is CODA...his deaf parents are famous and well known in across america and international.  Their hearing son is very strong deaf orignated minded and have strong body language where did he get it from...it is because he socialize with many deafies and participated in big main event too..but he did admitted to me..he said need balance his needs social with hearing and deafies to realize his true identify even his parents didnt tend to force him to make his own identify.   Other thing, I realized this some CODA refuse to social with deafies people or unopen their attitudes with deafies...


Reason...I will tell you story as summarized...my former roommate and I from college (where's there an awesome deaf program there)...my roommate and I happened to be stuck in group of hearing group planning to go to baseball game..as since interpreter cant make it...so the Resident Assistant realized it is out of luck to communicate with us...so he take out legal pads and pen as backup but somehow one young woman popped out of nowhere from hearing group, and said to us "I can help you with interpreting because my parents are deaf, and I know what to do?"  It made us puzzled and pondering what make her come out of nowhere...she did interpret us whole through baseball games then eat out even we never asked her to do for us...we did told her we will surivive with it.   But after the day ended...we thanked her for her heart..then she disappeared...we did see her occassionally in hallway around the campus but she never said hi or stop by to chat with us...even we tried to chat with her.  Weirdo?  My roommate and I agreed this young woman felt this she was being imposed by her deaf parents to do dirty work for them make her felt it is ENUFF...know what I mean.   This is why I DONT BELIEVE in imposing my own children if they were hearing or whatever...I let them to be who they are but most impt I teach them communicating tools simply.


Some CODA are awesome some arent....but other way of sayings if anyone who is hearing who dont understand deafness are worse than just foolish because God created deafness for his own reason...smile.


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