Editing Sign language (section)

=== "Baby sign language" with hearing children ===
{{Main|Baby sign language}}

Some hearing parents teach signs to young hearing children.  Since the muscles in babies' hands grow and develop quicker than their mouths, signs are seen as a beneficial option for better communication.<ref>Taylor-DiLeva, Kim. Once Upon A Sign : Using American Sign Language To Engage, Entertain, And Teach All Children, p. 15. Libraries Unlimited, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 29 Feb. 2012.</ref> Babies can usually produce signs before they can speak.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}<ref>Porpora, T. (2010). ''The complete guide to baby sign language 101 tips and tricks every parent needs to know''. Atlantic Publishing Group. (17-18).</ref> This reduces the confusion between parents when trying to figure out what their child wants. When the child begins to speak, signing is usually abandoned, so the child does not progress to acquiring the grammar of the sign language.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-04 |title=Baby sign language: A helpful communication tool |url=https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/baby_sign_language_a_helpful_communication_tool |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Child & Family Development |language=en-us}}</ref>

This is in contrast to hearing children who grow up with Deaf parents, who generally acquire the full sign language natively, the same as Deaf children of Deaf parents.