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This is what I was looking for, my son has been going to speech therapy weekly since 4yrs old, there is no reason for us to stop and this just solidifies this mindset even more. In terms of how we tr...

Excellent reply 👍 I stutter and my son started to stutter when he was 2 years. It was not easy for me. But there is so much parents can do when they have the knowledge. We started working with the P...

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...

Well, the first thing I would say is to support your kid and not degrade him or his speech.. he would probably be going through a lot already. Just say that it's completely normal and take him to a Sp...

What were your experiences kid to adult?

What were your experiences kid to adult? It's become obvious my kid has a stutter, it came and went through jk and grade 1 but it's persisted for the last 6months. Speech therapy isn't helping much or...

That’s an excellent idea! You definitely should it’ll help you reduce your stutter tremendously and bond with your kid. One of the ways I beat my stutter was by reading daily 1hr and putting emphasis ...

I read to my daughter almost every night. She hasn't had a problem yet. Sometimes I'll do voices, or use some different techniques, but it's always enjoyable for both of us. Usually I'm more fluent wh...

Research (2022 December) states: focus on the content of the child’s message, not whether it was fluent and be mindful to say 'slow down' which can often be undesired

Research (2022 December) states: focus on the content of the child’s message, not whether it was fluent and be mindful to say 'slow down' which can often be undesired One of the aims of [this](https:/...

Let me tell you this, i am currently 19 and i have a nephew who’s is 5 right now and he has been around me since he was brought home from the hospital. He has grown accustomed to my stuttering and doe...

Usually, I encounter blocks during presentations or speaking to someone new. However, I don't stutter while reading to my kids. Your husband should not worry. My kids know I stutter and understand my ...

Parents who stutter, what about reading to your kids?

Parents who stutter, what about reading to your kids? We’re expecting a baby next fall, and my husband is really anxious about not being able to read to his children. Reading aloud is super hard for...

Talk to that 7-month-old. All the time and about everything. Tell the assistant coach that they can knock that off immediately. It's not funny and that if it happens again you don't need his help wit...

Thanks so much for this input. Based on comments we are choosing to completely ignore it since he doesn’t seem bothered by it at the moment. I do think if his frustration returns and persists we will ...

I am a mild stutterer and my daughter is also a very mild stutterer also. People who stutter has different triggers and situations where they stutter. Most don't stutter when alone, but some do stutte...

Due to its nature of being counterintuitive and situational/stress related, it will present consistently inconsistent. The main thing is to let him know he’s doing just fine (don’t over compliment, ...

Environment wouldn't "cause" it but perhaps it could influence it? It's hard to tell because stuttering can fluctuate from week to week, day to day, even conversation to conversation. It can be hard t...

According to a speech therapist: >We usually wait a year after the onset of stuttering, before starting speech therapy. And when we start speech therapy we don't teach the child speech techniques ...

My son has a stutter. He mostly stutters the first few words and sometimes can’t get a sentence together at all. His IQ is top 2% nationally, he’s 9 and extremely into science/physics. His stutter som...

What does your brother want? Does he want to go to therapy? Does he want to talk about stuttering? I’d start there. I don’t stutter, but my husband does. I’ve seen his family (long story but he went ...

Helping my brother

Helping my brother My brother has been stuttering for a long time but in the last six months it has gotten a lot worse and I'm scared that it will affect him going into highschool. Parents don't wann...