(November 28, 2019 at 7:12 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 28, 2019 at 7:09 am)LastPoet Wrote: My wife is deaf, we have a healthy child.
Is your child well cared for? Got everything it needs? Safe? Warm? Fed? Loved? Then deafness doesn't make people unfit parents.
I think the issue here is people who are financially and/or emotionally not suited to having children but continue to do so.
Boru
There was a time, in the not so distant past, when there were efforts being made in the US to prevent deaf people from having children. There was even a plan to prevent them from marrying and the idea of forced sterilization was even floated.
Of course, deaf people can raise children just fine. I took a course on Deaf Culture and was shocked to learn the above things. I had no idea this was a thing.
As for being poor - that's sort of subjective. How poor is too poor? There is the possibility that fortunes will change. If you can provide the basics and are a loving parent then I am not sure that financial status is the only basis to go on.
I agree that if you can barely keep food on the table or provide other necessities it's probably best to stop breeding.
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