
{"id":64568,"date":"2024-05-03T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=64568"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:38:19","slug":"i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&#8221;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roanna Van Os can still remember the dread she felt as a little girl when she was asked to act as an interpreter for her deaf parents. It made her feel different from her friends and stand out, at a time when she was desperate to fit in. &#8220;School was dreadful,&#8221; she says. &#8220;They always forgot to hire an interpreter for parents&#8217; evening. They would trust me to translate everything and all the kids in my year would stare at me. I&#8217;d feel embarrassed and then guilty for feeling embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daughter of two deaf parents, Roanna, 23, from Bury, Manchester, was forced to start interpreting for her parents when she was five-years-old. \u201cMy parents made me feel loved and supported, it was my other peers that made my life more difficult. It was always conversations I didn\u2019t understand and my dad would get upset that people wouldn\u2019t give him enough respect by simply writing it down or making eye contact. In most situations, I had to translate because the person my parents were trying to speak to would just look at me and ask me to translate because they were uncomfortable. My dad would then get really upset and was often called aggressive,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was younger, people would demand to speak on the phone and they didn\u2019t like to hire interpreters a lot of the time. To this day, I still have phone anxiety.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t just interpreting that made Roanna stand out. As a child of deaf parents, she was not used to regulating her voice, so would often get told she was too loud.&nbsp; \u201cAt sleepovers my friends parents would say \u2018tell Roanna we\u2019re not deaf like her parents&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The graphic designer believes the lack of understanding of the deaf community contributes to the ignorance people with hearing loss face. British Sign Language (BSL), is a language in its own right, but differs in sentence structure compared to English, and has its own grammar, syntax and lexicons, explains Sign Health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEnglish is not a first language for my parents, BSL is, so like many deaf people they struggle with reading and writing. My sister Megan, and I, have to look over texts, emails and letters for our parents,\u201d says Roanna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-13.52.59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64636\" style=\"width:316px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-13.52.59.png 510w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-13.52.59-480x647.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 510px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josefa Mackinnon and her mother, credit: Josefa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Josefa Mackinnon also has deaf parents and explained she too had far more responsibilities as a child which resulted in her feeling isolated from her peers and forced to grow up very quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the age of seven, having to call the bank or call the doctors, has a huge impact on how you&#8217;re brought up,&#8221; she says. &#8216;You&#8217;re involved in adult worlds before you really should too. I remember feeling, at the age of 11, that I was kind of older than my parents; that I had to be responsible for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Roanna, grew up feeling as if she was a carer for her parents, she says her unique childhood had many positive elements to it too.&nbsp; \u201cI love being a child of a deaf adult (CODA) and I\u2019m proud to have deaf parents. My dad is highly respected within the deaf community. He speaks publicly a lot, something I can\u2019t even do and he does it so well. He knows two different kinds of sign language and has a lot of charisma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3868-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3868-1.jpg 381w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3868-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roanna&#8217;s mum and sister, Credit: Roanna Vanos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy mum has a gentleness and taught me and my sister, Megan, to always be empathetic, something that I think does come with her disability.&nbsp;They both taught us to love everyone when growing up. I feel lucky to have grown up as a CODA because I don\u2019t think I\u2019d have the same emotional understanding otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy communication skills are definitely better, especially when I go on holiday. Sign language teaches you body language and it makes it easier speaking to people,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Roanna and Megan attended a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codaukireland.co.uk\/coda-camps\">CODA camp<\/a>, run by an organisation, which was set up 13 years ago, offering support, refuge and a network for children with deaf parents. It hosts an annual camp for seven to 17-year-olds where children can participate in fun activities with other children with similar lived experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCoda camp really changed my life,&#8221; says Roanna. &#8220;At the time, I think I was 14 and I remember thinking &#8216;Oh my God why are they making me do this as a teenager&#8217;, but I had the most amazing time. I felt normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1_edited.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64654\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1_edited.webp 656w, https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1_edited-480x405.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 656px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: https:\/\/www.codaukireland.co.uk\/coda-camps <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Shrine, 34, CODA camp director, said: \u201cIt is the only national organisation representing solely children of deaf parents, where people can meet others with a shared experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a coda, you often have to filter yourself and as a kid you can feel misunderstood. I was called loud and abrasive growing up. But events like CODA allow me to be exactly that, and I realised oh wait I\u2019m not odd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Shrine, a therapist, also runs a CODA-specific therapy service to help those who find it difficult to share personal experiences with someone who doesn\u2019t understand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more information about CODA go to<a href=\" https:\/\/www.codaukireland.co.uk\/coda-camps \"> https:\/\/www.codaukireland.co.uk\/coda-camps <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up with deaf parents, meant Roanna Vanos was forced to act as interpreter from a being a little girl, making her feel like an adult in a child&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":64669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1801],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campaigns-deaf-awareness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&quot;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&quot;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Growing up with deaf parents, meant Roanna Vanos was forced to act as interpreter from a being a little girl, making her feel like an adult in a child&#039;s world.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sheffield Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"828\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1005\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Charlotte Gollogly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Charlotte Gollogly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Charlotte Gollogly\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&#8221;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":897,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/IMG_3870.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Campaigns - Deaf Awareness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old\\\": the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/IMG_3870.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/IMG_3870.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/IMG_3870.jpg\",\"width\":828,\"height\":1005,\"caption\":\"Roanna and Megan, credit: Roanna Van Os\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/03\\\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&#8221;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sheffield Wire\",\"description\":\"The latest news from South Yorkshire\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17\",\"name\":\"Charlotte Gollogly\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Charlotte Gollogly\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/jop23cg\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old\": the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old\": the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire","og_description":"Growing up with deaf parents, meant Roanna Vanos was forced to act as interpreter from a being a little girl, making her feel like an adult in a child's world.","og_url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/","og_site_name":"Sheffield Wire","article_published_time":"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":828,"height":1005,"url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Charlotte Gollogly","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Charlotte Gollogly","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/"},"author":{"name":"Charlotte Gollogly","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17"},"headline":"&#8220;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&#8221;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents","datePublished":"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/"},"wordCount":897,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg","articleSection":["Campaigns - Deaf Awareness"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/","url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/","name":"\"I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old\": the unique experience of children with deaf parents - Sheffield Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-03T11:06:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-19T12:38:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3870.jpg","width":828,"height":1005,"caption":"Roanna and Megan, credit: Roanna Van Os"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/i-had-to-translate-for-my-parents-at-five-years-old-and-i-hated-it-the-struggles-of-children-with-deaf-parents\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;I had to translate for my parents at five-years-old&#8221;: the unique experience of children with deaf parents"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/","name":"Sheffield Wire","description":"The latest news from South Yorkshire","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/1e41d2a3e5a8e89e2a17ab2176869b17","name":"Charlotte Gollogly","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc34c9844998c9d28e986cd0140983da3d0c883a884fa23aea18ace7af7432d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Charlotte Gollogly"},"url":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/jop23cg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64568"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66071,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64568\/revisions\/66071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}