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Deaf dad beams with joy when toddler tries to talk like him with sign language
The way his face lit up is so heart-piercing. 🤟🏻💘
Jonathan Maes
10.27.20

Parenting is the most beautiful thing in the world, and it’s also a learning process that never really stops. It’s a world filled with joy, laughter, tears, difficult days, heartwarming moments, ups and downs, and everything in between.

In the end, all a parent wants for their kid is that they’re safe, healthy, and happy. Unconditional love is what matters the most.

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Raising children is the most difficult job in the world, but for parents with disabilities, things can get even harder.

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Luckily, there are a lot of things in our society that can make certain things a lot easier for people with disabilities. There are a lot of measures, and the world is more inclusive than it was before.

In a perfect world, every building should be perfectly accessible to people in a wheelchair, and every deaf or blind person should be able to get help and integrate with society without many issues.

While the above is still an inclusive dream and we’re definitely not there yet, most of us can agree that the world is taking steps in the right direction.

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Nonetheless, parenting with a disability can be extremely difficult, and it’s even harder to imagine if you’re not struggling with something similar.

This touching video, however, perfectly shows us what the experience would be like.

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In this video that recently went viral, we see a young father whose heart warms up when he sees his little girl trying to communicate with him.

The dad is actually completely deaf and can’t hear a thing, but his little girl is attempting to talk to him using signs, something she’s seen other people do before.

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Of course, the official American Sign Language is pretty hard to learn, and you have to devote a lot of time to it. Learning ASL is actually like learning a regular spoken language, with the same linguistic properties, and we all know you can’t learn French in a week.

Luckily, the complexity of ASL also ensures that people can communicate thoroughly, completely using hand or facial movements to get their point across.

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You’re never too young to learn, and it looks like this adorable little girl wants to understand sign language rather quickly.

It’s an absolutely adorable and heartwarming moment, and you can just tell that this father greatly appreciates the effort his little girl is putting in just to talk to him.

Sign language can truly impact lives in meaningful ways, and this father has hope that he’d be able to perfectly communicate with his little one via American Sign Language soon.

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The little girl actually started by trying to get his attention, not that she’d have to do much- daddy already kept his eyes on her before she even started. As soon as she noticed dad was looking, she started signing.

She signed the word “bread”, and while we’re not sure what she actually meant, it was obvious that she was willing to learn to sign.

His face completely lights up in a wonderful and pure emotion.

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“Do you want to use sign language?” he signed to her.

His daughter’s lexicon was still a bit limited, so she simply signed the word “bread” once again.

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Caters Clips - YouTube screenshot

Their whole interaction is short but so extremely powerful, precious, and full of unconditional love.

The two then laugh around for a bit, and the little girl gives her dad a kiss. These two are absolutely amazing, and we’re pretty sure that his daughter would love to learn sign language as soon as she can.

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Be sure to check out the touching moment in the video below!

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