How do you know that the children were laughing and pointing because of the CI? Kids laugh and point at the new kids touring the school everywhere. Kids are kids. But the parents take something that would have happened if she had been touring a public school with a hearing kid, and turn it into something judgemental and cruel. That is exactly what I mean by allowing your own uncomfortableness with the situation cause you to misinterpret the actions of others and as a consequence, become defensive when there is no need for it. Chances are very good that it had nothing to do with the CI at all, but with the fact that they were new students.
And, again, let me remind everyone that this is not going to turn into a discussion on the decision to implant and the "right" and "wrong" of a CI.
