There was a more clear reason my parents were advised not to have kids. Other than the stutter I came out better than expected, did not have complications.  Only maternal male relatives stutter.  There is very little good in the world and many who are 30~ will barely afford to hold a lease let alone own a home. Unless the economy somehow changes, stuttering would be the least of a child's worries once they grow up. If I had all the money in the world, real talk, I would probably want a family.  I would however prefer to home/private school. Public school destroyed my hope and trust in others, irreparably. Expecting the worst of people and usually getting it PLUS stuttering are probably why I never amounted to much.  I really think if I grew up in a lower stress environment I might hardly stutter at all. I'm resistant to treatment and speech therapy around here is not specialized.  ***not to OP but general note: DO NOT SEND ME INFO ON BOOKS OR INSPIRATIONAL SLP GARBAGE because that's all it is to me THANK YOU*** I just stutter and accept it. People are shitty and I expect it. Certainly better than dragging myself over hot coals to SLPs who don't know anything about my stutter and are either intimidated or excited to try out those two techniques they learned their sophomore year and never used again. My SLP left abruptly every 60-90 days lol I would never put a child through that I was an internship for these clowns.  I think growing up trusting adults were defending me and instructing others my age to understand me, to see bullies punished for mistreating me, would have made a difference. I saw a lot of people being punished for hurting or teasing others but there was no justice for me. It's like public school thought the cruelty of others would toughen me up.  To have a child that stuttered and give them the peaceful nurturing life I would want to give them would overall take much more money and time than I could ever make. Why bother.