Tamara said:
You enforce your beliefs and opinions on your children every day by trying to bring them up as morally and honest as you can. Just by talking with your children you are always trying to instil a sense of honour, well being, caring, loving, understanding, etc in your children.
You would not be human if you didn't. Everyone does what they believe is their very very best for their children. People do make mistakes but they will learn and constantly improve from this. As I said earlier you are legally responsible for your children so you must make some decisions for them. As I said earlier you are legally responsible for your children so you must make some decisions for them.
Um, discipline and teaching about responsibility is NOT enfoce your beliefs & opinions on children. Perform an CI surgery on your kid WITHOUT their approval (by that, I mean old enough to understand what, why and how
PLUS knowing the cons and pros about CI) is totally immoral. To kids, parents are their 'God', they trust their parents completely and expect them to do whatever they think it is right for them. Kids have many different adults to offer their opinions (parents, teachers, coaches, policemen, etc etc...) hence they have been stimulated by different opinions, that's how it will define them, their characters, their personalities, etc
Important note:
expect them to do whatever they think it is right for them
I studied the child psychology, behaviors, etc etc for my work at deaf school sometimes ago. I believe I know what I am talking about. Now about that note, you probably don't realize that CI surgery is not temporary effect, it is permanent effect. It will alter their psychology for good or bad, you don't know what will your child(ren) think, feel or whatever once you allow the doctors to perform the CI surgery on them without their approval (read my definiton of approval above). Again, they expect you to do whatever you think it is right for them... They accepted based on
one-sided opinion, named, yours.
Correction:
You would not be human if you did.
One of the greatest decisions is to bring a child into the world in the first place and it only gets tougher from there. Maybe you should consider waiting till the child is old enough and ask them if they want to be born!!!!!!
Maybe you should consider waiting until you finally acknowledge the reality and ask yourself if you and your lover are responsible enough to not impose your desire & beliefs on your kid when you guys bring a kid into the world.
To me, it is like giving a car key to 8 years old kid and tell that kid to drive away and be free in a dangerous traveling equipment a.k.a. car in the freeway. That's how one-sided opinion is.
I am still stand with my statement, it is immoral. It is permanent effect unlikely others. It is not life-saving decision. It is
strongly based on parent's DESIRE. Not opinion. Not life-saving. Not belief. Not so-called 'increase its life quality'. It is plainly
desire. I met many CI vitcims who cursed their parents for CI surgeries. That's when I realize that I don't want to impose my desire on my kid until he/she is old enough to make their own decision and take the responsibility for their actions. Thanks to these CI victims for giving me an opportunity to see the effects on kids who have no choice but accepted their parents' desire.
I am entitled to my opinions as much as you are entitled to your opinions. Nothing more or less than that. If you want to have doctors to perform CI surgery on your kid based on your desire, it is your business but you will need to prepare yourself for the consequences. Every decision have its own consequence. That's law.
Anyway, I shared my opinion as what you did in your post. I must admit... I am glad that I have a mom like my mother.. she have enough common sense to not impose her desires, opinions or beliefs on me. She know it is immoral. Thank you, God for giving me a such wonderful mom like my mother.
), also to be able hear the sounds others I see expressing an enjoyment or pleasure with hearing, for example, the waves rolling in on the beach, people talking, songs that others love hearing and etc....I would do the same thing if I had Deaf children because I would want my Deaf children have the best that life can offer!! 
