Heya! First of all, thank you for caring and asking! I can give you my perspectives but keep in mind that I'm traumatized and some of my statements can potentially sound a bit ...weird. I'll try my best to already "filter" those but ehm... just letting you know, haha. And also, everything is from my very personal perspective. As you've said, not rushing helped me a bit. The problem is that I struggled so much with myself that I wasn't too concerned with what others are doing. Sure, interrupting me hurts even more but I "didn't really care" if you pushed me a bit or stayed silent; I pretty much beat myself up for it either way. But it was nice to know that I've been given the space and time to speak. Something that helped me a bit as well was them calmly/softly telling me to try again. It sounds invalidating at first but it helped me understand that it's ok if I just try again if I'm too stuck. A topic I'm not sure about is making us talk. I'm not sure if it helps or just makes it worse. My parents occasionally made me read stories or videogame dialouge out loud and stuff like that but I was already stuttering for the past 10+ years. I've held so many presentations in school which also made me speak out loud, obviously. Then again: I don't know if I just wasn't ready. Maybe talking had helped me more if I wasn't stuck in my "oh no, I'm forced to talk again perfectly" mindset, but obviously you can't "just change that" and "be better" all of the sudden. "Take a deep breath." is not something I'm looking forward to hearing. I've spend 120h+ in speech therapy and just taking a deep breath doesn't fix it. Well, the only thing it does is prevent me from passing out when I'm suck in a block and hold my breath. But it doesn't solve my problem. I have difficulty speaking, not breathing; I know it's closely related but in my mind it's something different. I really can't blame my parents but what I wished for was if they had realized my mistreatments because of my stutter. I've never talked about it and always kept up my facade, that's why I can't really blame them. They've partially added to the abuse but not primarily, I think. Ask your child how others are treating him. Don't only listen to the answer but the underlying emotions, body language etc. as well. Last note – and I don't know if this is stutter related or trauma related but I want to talk about it anyway. I'm sure you know this but I still want to explicitly say that we do not choose to be this way. We have no control over it and we cannot "just stop" it. It is a serious problem that requires a lot of mental support, sensitivity, patience and understanding. That's my short answer. If you have any questions or want me to elaborate on a topic, please feel free to let me know!