> if he’d be better off with his big brother/sister just giving him a hug and telling him they think he’s awesome as he is, and then doing something he enjoys together (a sport, a game, a hike, whatever) and having fun without his speech being a big deal I agree completely! Research supports your statement that it's more effective to reinforce that his brother's speech errors are no problem and not to be avoided. Otherwise he might do intervention (like focusing on anticipation and anticipation story-telling to create feared letters) and associating emotions to speech errors.