My husband is a stutterer and our son (almost 8) also stutters. I will say that my husband has said that our son's life experience with stuttering has been so different than his own experience growing up in the 80's/90's. We got ahead of it early once it started to crop up and really worked to keep his confidence in himself high. We've watched Ed Sheeran perform, point out the President of the United States is a stutterer, and watch films with known stutterers. We also put him in theater class (which my husband said was insane at the time, but it honestly gave him confidence and he loves it). I also think kids are so different than they were then as well. At his evalauation for speech therapy at school, his teacher noted that kids have asked questions and he really lets it all roll off his back. He matter of factly tells them " i have a stutter" and everyone just goes about their day. He participates in class frequently, has lots of friends, and is very social. He views his stutter as something that makes him unique and special. It wasn't always that way BUT our big focus has always been the confidence aspect. Having a child with a stutter was always a fear of my husbands but in all sincerity, who better to parent a child with a stutter than someone who has lived it. Kids look up to their parents immensely so they can look at it as a shared experience. Stutterers can also help their kids along much better and earlier with the tools they have learned along the way.