Why Doesn't Everyone Do It Then?

      Now, after reading about the benefits of teaching ASL to young children, you may be wondering why parents would ever choose not to teach their children. I thought the same thing so I went out and asked some of the “mommy groups” I am a member of to give me their reasons why they didn't teach their children.
  The overwhelming most common reason parents gave was that they just did not think they had enough time. Understandably so, people are busy, parents are a special kind of busy. On top of meeting our own needs we are responsible for meeting the needs of our own little people. Now making sure everyone is fed, clothed, loved, bathed and everything else, learning a new language and teaching a language to a child can seem very overwhelming! The thing is, there are ways to do it without feeling overwhelmed, which I will cover later this week. 
  The second most popular reason parents gave for not wanting to teach their child ASL was because they actually thought it would delay their children’s speech. Now, I can understand why they would think this but more and more research is proving that this is not the case. Parents may believe that allowing their children to sign will give them reason to not actually use their voice to speak but the opposite is actually true. “As our babies grow they will naturally transition from signs into words but will continue to use their hands and facial expressions to highlight and emphasize their message.”
  If either of these were a concern you had, I hope I have started to put them at ease. If time was your concern, consider this, in reading these four posts you have already learned four signs! Pretty amazing, right?