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I’d say wait. Show patience and give full attention to your child without rushing them. Make sure no other siblings (or anyone) interrupts them. Although since you’re concerned already, I am sure yo...

Everyone's stutter is different but the most important thing a parent can do is LISTEN, maintain eye contact and if it takes 15 mins to get out a word then it takes 15 mins....

Best advice for making a stutterer comfortable and minimize stutter?

Best advice for making a stutterer comfortable and minimize stutter? I work at a facility that assesses some professionals and their conversational skills with the general public. From time to time we...

Then start a delivery company and hire your kid as a delivery driver. Jokes aside, congrats man on such a challenging job position, I believe not many of us would even consider getting into it. Just...

How can we help our son?

How can we help our son? Hi everyone. Our son is 8 and has a stutter. Sometimes it is more noticeable, sometimes it goes away. He is on the list for NHS speech therapy...again. He had a speech imped...

What do you say to your kids when they notice?

What do you say to your kids when they notice? My kid is 7 and is starting to figure out that my speech is different from other people. Up until now I told him it's just the way I talk and he's been o...

Im 17 and have a stutter myself. I'm currently pushing myself to do speech therapy to help improve my stutter. Something I can recommend that helped me when I was younger was listen to audiobooks as ...

*" I have so far tried to slow my talking speak down (way harder than I thought), wait patiently and let my child finish their sentences and try to stop my younger from interrupting. I´ve become self ...

Dos and Donts as a parent

Dos and Donts as a parent Hi,I am a parent of a child that stutters. I would like to hear dos and donts from people who stutter on what I can say and do to be supportive and so my child feels as close...

I think it is great that you are looking out for your younger brother and trying to find ways to make him more comfortable. What I would recommend would be to let him talk and never try to finish his ...

Any advice on raising a kid with a stutter?

Any advice on raising a kid with a stutter? So my younger brother has a stutter, and I just want to know what some of you who have stutters wish went differently with your childhood regarding your stu...

Check your diet, neuroinflammation is caused by nutrient and vitamin deficiencies and can affect speech and general cognitive abilities. If you found yourself eating fast food and junk much more withi...

As a stuttering son of 16, I would ask her what she wants mostly. Does she want to do like reading exercises? Breathing exercises? Just speaking normally at the dinner table about her day? Keep it fun...

If you lead with love and support, you and your daughter are going to be just fine. Don't make her feel less-than or different. Be honest with her so she can be honest with you. Be one person she can...

Hi, I am a father of a 14 yr old daughter who stutters. I stutter also. Your daughter is still young, so hopefully speech therapy will work for her, try it and see. For myself, speech therapy didn't ...

>I love her unconditionally and want her to feel happy and confident no matter what her speech pattern is Tell her this. Also important is to let her finish what she is saying. Don't finish for h...

I’m sorry for offending you with what I said. I am a fool sometimes without considering what people have been through. I will be praying for you bro. I can tell you’re super smart, profound, and el...

12. Generally, the earlier you start, the more likely it will go away. Most stutters at your daughter's age go away, especially for girls. Intervene now, don't ignore it. But do it in a gentle way...

Maybe everyone else was unsure how you wanted that situation to be handled? If you don't want to be the one to explain it, you could preemptively pull a trusted family member aside and ask them to edu...

I totally understand that it hurts, but kids literally don't understand how their actions could affect people. They're noticing that something is different about how you speak and trying to process th...