Chances are very great that if they didn't connect here, they didn't connect on a personal level, either. Connecting one-on-one with a deaf individual creates much more discomfort for most than an online connection. They only have to see a post online; they can ignore that there is an actual, real, live person behind that post.
And we are not talking about parents refusing to let their children associate with people on AD. We are talking about those same parents deciding that they would not accept the views of a different culture. It isn't the deaf kids that leave here, it is the hearing parents. That, in and of itself, tells you a great deal about their motivation.
