There are different types/intensities of stutters. The truth is that the more pressure (even very very subtle) that a child gets that they need to talk more fluently, the *more dysfluent they become.* I’m an early childhood educator and a person with a stutter who has target myself of to become almost completely fluent. When she has repetitions, you are understandably scared, and your body language (even very very subtle) is sending her the message that she’s doing “something wrong”. She can stay at 1, and be a role model for people everywhere - and talk with control. But pressure to change is likely to send her to 2 or 3. Keep in mind that many professional SLPs have zero training in treating dysfluency. Unless they are trained to treat it, their professional opinion is about as helpful as a cosmetologist deciding your skin growth is definitely non-malignant. I bet this is why your husband is against speech therapy. 1. Repetitions/prolongations that transition easily to your next word, no attached emotions. 2. Repetitions/prolongations with difficulty getting to next word and attached emotions. 3. Repetitions/prolongations have mostly been replaced by hard blocks, fear/panic, many avoidance behaviors (eye contact, words, concepts, entire situations).