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Mom of Stutterer I hope it’s okay for me to post here, I’m just looking for a little insight. My daughter started stuttering when she was around 3 and since then, multiple teachers and doctors have told me she’d grow out of it by the time she’s 5. She’s now 6 and it has not improved. It doesn’t bother her at all, she’s very social and active in speaking at school but I also know that kids are cruel and that she will become more self aware the older she gets. We reached out to her school district’s therapist and they let me know that they can not do an evaluation unless her stutter affects her learning and at this point it appears it’s not. I’m grateful for this but I hate to not do anything and potentially see this become an issue for her as she gets older. With your perspective as adults, what can I do to support her? What’s worked for you, or what do you wish was done for you? Thank you so much in advance. **UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your replies! We have an appointment with her pediatrician next week to get a referral for speech therapy and I’m going to make sure I find someone with experience in stuttering. As of now I’m also going to be implementing some things at home, like modeling relaxed speech, being sure no one ever tells her to stop or slow down etc. I fully understand that this is something that may never go away so I want to be sure she has all the tools she needs to be in control and remain confident in herself.