tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post7541302308674148901..comments2023-05-15T01:45:58.082-07:00Comments on We Never Landed In Holland: Now We Are Getting Somewherehaddy2dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04034188486446894352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post-60762429325227696422010-01-27T06:03:23.756-08:002010-01-27T06:03:23.756-08:00McDonald's syndrome ... I actually remember my...McDonald's syndrome ... I actually remember my elementary school teachers talking about how important it was to be able to order a hamburger from McDonald's! After hours of pointless practice, they herded us into a McDonald's and forced us to order with our unintelligible speech when we could just as easily have written it down or pointed to menu pictures. I think the emotional scarring from that is part of the reason why I refuse to order anything using speech at fast food chains. And I get my food just fine, thank you.<br /><br />Anyway I thought you would enjoy this cartoon: <a href="http://www.mdaigletoons.com/comic8.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mdaigletoons.com/comic8.html</a>Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106021685716102242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post-75525070815870619462009-11-05T17:28:33.326-08:002009-11-05T17:28:33.326-08:00Well said!Well said!haddy2dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034188486446894352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post-31020821951678242402009-10-10T09:32:36.846-07:002009-10-10T09:32:36.846-07:00Hi! I found your blog through my friend Jeanette&...Hi! I found your blog through my friend Jeanette's blog (asteroid B612). I want to applaud your efforts to raise your family as a bilingual one...your hard work is obviously paying off! I have noticed the biggest difference between kids who were raised oral and raised using ASL is their self-esteem. Oral kids have so little self-esteem and are ashamed to be deaf, usually hiding it or attempt to "blend" in with the hearing world. Ironically, it makes them stand out even more. I have yet to meet a confident oralist who is highly visible in public.<br /><br />Your son is obviously proud to be deaf because you accept him for who he is and accept that ASL is his native language. Even better, you have provided him real Deaf role models to give him tools and show him how to navigate this hearing world we live in as a Deaf person instead of as an oral deaf trying to be hearing.<br /><br />By the way, I'm Deaf and am raising my kids to be bilingual. ;) I face the same issues as you but with my hearing kids. It appalls me that people expect us to use our voice with our kids so that they don't get fall behind with their speech. First of all, I don't want our hearing kids to copy our deaf voices! =P Secondly, they are hearing and they live in a hearing world so they will pick up whereas a deaf child has to be exposed to the "hidden" Deaf world. Thirdly, if my mother could teach me, her Deaf child, to speak, she can certainly teach her hearing grandchildren to speak! ;)<br /><br />I look forward to following this blog! =D<br /><br />~KeriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post-4818211526835559992009-09-24T19:01:06.241-07:002009-09-24T19:01:06.241-07:00Dianrez, thank you for your comment. It was really...Dianrez, thank you for your comment. It was really hard the first three years to listen to many stories of folks who had so much isolation. I am still worried that my son will be lonely at his new school once the honeymoon is over but life is always changing and for now I am so happy for him. His best friend is a CODA not a deaf kid. They have more in common than the deaf friends he has.<br /><br />Hee hee My kiddo could order from a restaurant himself also. What is the concern about food? Ok, he does get a lot of info but that is because he listens to our conversations. Good thing we didn't know a lot of bad words back then...haddy2dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034188486446894352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098293668088212810.post-80472795240022256882009-09-23T18:59:33.028-07:002009-09-23T18:59:33.028-07:00I nearly cried at this blog, for I recognized that...I nearly cried at this blog, for I recognized that oral student in many places during my working years. <br /><br />Yes, an oral life can be a very empty one, with a lot of effort going into just existing in a hearing world. <br /><br />There will be the few who managed to do well as far as interests and social contacts go, just to say that to cover all bases. But I wonder, how many are they, actually? I haven't met many, and I LIVED that life during college.<br /><br />Your son is getting a LOT at his very young age...Super Size Me, indeed! Deciding on the basis of that movie! Wow! Before that movie came out, though, my 8 year old Deaf son was getting hamburgers by himself at McDonald's. It doesn't take much communication, just average self-confidence.Dianrezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077219189139398901noreply@blogger.com