Today was my first day at the world renowned Toronto speech and stuttering institute. I have had a stutter since a child, and I just assumed eventually I would grow out of it. Flash forward to now, I am 21 y/o and just finished my undergraduate degree from Brock University and the stress from school only intensified my stutter. Being the first day today of a three week intensive therapy, we went over the basics and one of the most important things for a person who stutters is to have a strong support base from friends and family. For centuries, doctors's believed that stuttering was caused by nervousness and anxiety. Its not, people who stutter use different parts of their brain when communicating. Over time, such as myself I have conditioned myself to be in the state that I am now. The whole purpose of this three week intensive course is to rewire my brain and how I come about communicating, turning negative thoughts when anticipating social interaction into I got this I am going to dominate the room with my fluency. Reading your post, I can tell you are very much like my father who hates to see their child struggle with something as basic as communication and yearns to help their child but doesn't know what to do. It is very awkward, and there is no need to shame it. Problems only intensify when it is ignored, stuttering is a chronic condition that is incurable. BUT... with the right support system and early intervention to teach coping and fluency mechanisms stuttering becomes less of an issue. Reading a few of the other replies from fellow stutters you will see that we all advocate for early social interaction. Anything, sports, dance team, toastmasters, you name it, an individual cannot be over socialized! The best thing to do is seek therapy, it is not cheap, but you can't place a price on your daughter's well being. Look up local speech therapy in your area, or checkout a leader in the field of speech impediments such as Toronto's speech and stuttering institute which has lots of great resources and videos for both children and their parents. https://www.speechandstuttering.com/ (link to website) My best advice is to seek immediate therapy and constantly remind your daughter that you love her and this is no way makes her difference from anyone else :) cudos to you Dad.