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Yes, my husband stutters. We have 2 girls and 1 boy. He read that boys tend to have a chance to stutter more and when he found out during our ultrasound it was going to be a boy, I could see the fear ...

I have 2 kids 8 and 2. My 8 year old doesn’t stutter and my 2 year has some instances of it but too young to see if it’ll stick. I mean I don’t want my kids to stutter but I understand it’s a risk (ge...

I have 1, she is almost 2yrs.. no signs of a stutter so far but I have always dreaded the possibility of having children who stutter. Knowing the pain, embarrassment and depression this thing has cau...

you might get more response over at r/daddit. a very supportive community! I stutter but went on a course to help me out. now I rarely stutter. but I was still anxious I would pass it on to my baby. ...

People with kids here - what is it like to be a stuttering parent?

People with kids here - what is it like to be a stuttering parent? And most particularly: 1. Have you been afraid (*your whole life*) to have kids because you thought it would've been a nightmare dif...

I stuttered as a young child. It's not unusual for developing children to stutter and many children outgrow it. I've learned that those who continue to stutter after young childhood may stutter their...

Stutter is something that won't simply go away. He MIGHT grow out of it, but it could also be life-long. If you want to bring it up with him, then do so carefully. Don't point it out as a problem, or ...

I am not qualified to give advice (purely based on experience) Growing up, I knew I sometimes had trouble saying what I wanted to say but I didn’t have a name for it until I got older. Eventually I l...

Is he getting speech at school? They usually do it as a pull out thing in a group and make it fun...

It was the opposite for my child. She started to stutter when she was 5, we put her in speech therapy and it worked wonders....

The only way to address it is to look into a SLP who is FORMALLY trained to treat dusfluency. Read the posts here. If you do not, your son has a chance of becoming bitter, hopeless and isolated li...

Be careful it isn't anything serious. I remember hearing about lock jaw years ago where people can't move their jaw and need medical attention. I remember seeing it in an episode of A&E and while ...

(Person who stutters who studies speech and language therapy - disclaimer: I am not a speech and language therapist and therefore am not qualified to give you advice, the below is my comment from my ...

My son has a stutter, should i bring it up with him?

My son has a stutter, should i bring it up with him? My son is 7 years old, he has had a stutter since he was 3 years old. I remember the exact moment it hit us. He was trying to tell us something and...

I’m going to be volunteering helping the speech therapist in my towns school district. What are things you find important that I can touch on?

I’m going to be volunteering helping the speech therapist in my towns school district. What are things you find important that I can touch on? I’m 31M and have stuttered my whole life. I am very excit...

Parents of children with communication disorders: Use of social media

Parents of children with communication disorders: Use of social media I am conducting a survey study to understand how parents use social media to understand their child’s communication disorder. The ...

What’s it like to have children at a stutterer? This is something I’ve always thought about. When I was younger I accepted that I would never have kids as a stutterer but the future seems more hopeful...

I'm glad I could help with that and I am also relieved to hear your son's been having therapy since age 4. That's much closer to the recommended age for it to be effective! I believe you have done th...

This happened to my youngest daughter. We ignored it and within a week or so it went away. I'm not saying this will happen to your boy, but I hope it does. I also grew up with a bad stutter and I went...

**Im responding to you as a current high schooler with a moderate/severe stutterer** Having a child who stutters as someone who stutters is great because you understands them and their struggles. So...