I completly disagree. I think that many parents find the Deaf community to be closed and unwelcoming. They are told they are wrong again and again. They are told that they will scar their children by their choices, that they are "not accepting their child as deaf", and that they "want to change them into hearing". They are shunned and often looked down on, for the simple fact that they can hear. This is not always the case, but it happens a lot. Why would you continue to associate with people who treat you like that? People who tell you that you are wrong to want your child to have oral skills, that they will fail and be uneducated if you make the "wrong" choices. I wouldn't want my child around those people either.
