Long-term it really depends on the person. Mindset/attitude is (in my opinion) the most critical and impactful way to "manage" a stutter. The physical tools you learn in speech therapy can be helpful but they are not foolproof and do not make it go away. Studies indicate there is a genetic component of stuttering, so it's possible your kid(s) might stutter, but definitely not a guarantee. Your stuttering will not impact their language development or anything like that, don't worry! I would say my clients' success really comes down to what I mentioned before, mindset and attitude. Their success does not depend on the type of job or how fluent they are (some stutter a lot, some only occasionally). The ones who are most successful are the ones who really get in touch with what they want to do, regardless of their speech, and then go for it. They pretty much all have communication components of their jobs that are difficult (phone responsibilities being a common theme), but they manage to figure out a way to deal with it so that they can be a successful [insert career title here]. Many of them decided to come to speech therapy *because* of job reasons: constantly avoiding or dreading situations at work, concerned about an upcoming promotion that will require more speaking, etc. And so the goal in therapy is to get to a point where you feel confident and able to handle those situations and not have to shy away from them. The ones who struggle with success are those who are stuck in a "But I can't do X because I stutter," or "I will always be bad at X because I stutter" mindset. Unfortunately, there is no comfortable, safe ground that will build new changes. You either hold yourself back and stay "safe", or take risks, put yourself out there, and accomplish something. That is *really hard to do*, and just having a ballsy attitude doesn't mean stuttering is suddenly easy to manage or never causes problems. It's what you choose to focus your energy on.