>she said “I like my stutter.” As a parent (I stutter and my child has a stutter and other speech impediments), I think the most important thing we can do is tell our child that it's ok to stutter. Of course, that means you have to be OK with it too. Growing up, no one told me it was ok, and I felt ashamed and broken >My concern is that her peers will lack the ability to be patient while she speaks and her confidence will be affected, and that she may be underestimated due to her communication. It certainly could, but this is where you need to teach your daughter to advocate for herself. If she needs more time, she needs to say that. Yes, there will be times it won't go as planned, and your daughter will be hurt by it. But you need to set up the building blocks so she can have a healthy relationship with her stutter. Dont forget that there are plenty of strong minded people... who just so happen to stutter.