All my life, my mother would hammer into my head that I "hated" Deaf people because my view of deafness is different than my mothers. When I had a deaf child, she sought to validate her "position" even more so. If anything, it made us even more polar opposites up until the very end. My dad, on the other hand, was skeptical of my approach. He voiced his concerns, but never once did I feel that "I 'm right " attitude. These two Deaf people had the same viewpoint, but expressed their opnions in very different ways- resulting in very different results. I am more closer to my dad than I ever was, and my son adores his grandfather- while when she was alive, he despised his grandmother.
