Deaf Parenting

Family life is lived through communication, identity, and access – not always on equal terms.

Some moments are ordinary.

Some quietly reveal what sits underneath.

What Deaf Parenting Is

Deaf Parenting begins with ordinary family life.

Conversations.

School meetings.

Bedtime routines.

Trips to the shops.

These everyday moments can reveal assumptions, barriers, connection and belonging.

People often have assumptions about Deaf parenting.

Some are well-intentioned.

Some are outdated.

Some simply do not match reality.

Truth vs Assumptions looks more closely at what Deaf family life actually looks like.

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Sometimes, people assume nothing really changes for Deaf parents.

Sometimes, people assume Deaf parents feel left out when family gatherings become busy, noisy, or full of conversation.

Sometimes, people focus so much on the barriers that they assume those barriers define the experience.

Sometimes, people assume Deaf parents must always be strong.

Sometimes, people assume it must be difficult when a Deaf parent is part of a hearing family.