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parent looking for information Hi, first I am asking here because I wanted lived experiences. My 11 year old stutters. He claims to not be bothered by it. He's been in SLP services since age 3, but by 7 his SLP said it was no longer developmental but a "true" stutter. We don't make a big deal out of it and he does not use "strategies" anymore. He has started increasing volume recently, to a very loud, top volume prolonging of the word he's on. His Dad is becoming concerned for bullies, future work prospects. He seems to think our son can control the volume, I don't think he can. Our son says it's like this sound has to finish before he can move on. Makes sense to me. If I can help my son, I want to. But if it's just a thing that occurs, then I don't want to focus any unnecessary attention on it, or make him self conscious about it. He already told his Dad to deal with it, so he has no fear calling people out if he thinks they are being rude or mean about his stutter. I would say he stutters 9/10 times he speaks- if that is relevant. Thank you all.