Don’t get an attitude with them, it won’t help anything it’ll probably make it worse. Try helping around the house, doing more than normal with chores and stepping up a little.
Older citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing recall the years of silent films (1893-1929) as a "golden era" in the cultural history of the American Deaf community. ... The second reason this period was golden was that motion picture technology demonstrated a new tool for those deaf people who used sign language.
A survey of the cultural function of the Chinese writing system, from a classic textbook (I used it in college) by two of the deans of modern American east Asian studies. The piece is now dated in some ways and it would be worth discussing just what its limitations are, but it is also a good short synopsis