I'll be completely honest and not sugarcoat it 1. At what age did you start stuttering? As soon as a started talking, just before three. 2. Have you been bullied? Like you wouldn't believe. At high school it was the worst, it was relentless. Daily taunts. 3. Did this affect your romantic relationships? It did, until it didn't. Until I didn't let it anymore. What I mean was my self esteem was so shot that even when a girl asked me out, I thought I'd make her embarrassed to be around me. I to this day cannot work out the logic, they wanted to go out with me... and am so regretful that I missed out on so much. I still at 42 haven't fully recovered. I am married with two kids though. I turned it around. 4. Most importantly- what can I do, from your experience, to help his self esteem? Don't mention your kid's stutter. Like at all. My youngest daughter had a severe stutter for about a week. I did not allow anyone to point it out or console her what so ever. Then it went away like it was nothing. I'm not saying that this will happen to your boy but I hope it will help. My step father was a complete arsehole about it and it made it so much worse than it needed to be. I still suffer from PTSD even though he's been dead for nearly 15 years. Please, don't let anyone like that near your son. If he still has it when he starts school, make sure the teachers are in hand to educate kids if they make fun of him. Nobody helped me and I was the only one in school with a stutter. So I was completely alone throughout the whole ordeal. Don't let this happen. Whatever you do, don't let your boy ever feel embarrassed about his stutter. Don't let it traumatise him like it has to so many of us. Love him but don't bring attention to it. Just let him speak. Let him finish. Don't finish his sentences. Don't give advice (let the speech therapist do that). If anyone thinks I'm off the mark, please point it out. I'm still learning myself.