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Hi, If your son is young, maybe he will grow out of it. My kids had minor stuttering and I hoped they would grow out of it. Unfortunately they did not. At 7 years old we gave them a DAF unit and i...

My toddler stuttered on and off. It would come on suddenly and last about a week, then stop. We haven’t had an instance in over a year now. You’ve received some really great advice here, and it sounds...

Hi, pediatric speech-language pathologist here. From 2.5-3.5ish, stuttering is developmentally normal. If it continues past the age of 4, then find a speech therapist. Deep breaths Momma, both of my ...

Any of you have stuttering children?

Any of you have stuttering children? My 3 year old has, in just a couple of weeks, developed a really really bad stutter. We are taking him to a speech therapist but the wait for an appointment is rea...

My daughter inherited stuttering from me, I knew she stuttered since she first started talking in both English and Mandarin at about 3yrs. We are very mild, I opted not to do anything about her speech...

I stutter and from my own personal experiences my children stuttered at that young age which I thought they also have a stutter now too but I didn't make a issue of it. Ignored it. Let them finish the...

Absolutely don't correct a child that's stuttering. You shouldn't ever correct anyone that's stuttering, and especially a child. For parenting, I recommend the Parenting with Love and Logic methodolo...

Seek professional advice. There are treatments for preschoolers that are effective. Lookup “The Lidcombe Program”. Some tips: - don’t correct stutters. This is a part of the Lidcombe Program but y...

[7 tips for talking with the child who stutters ](https://www.stutteringhelp.org/7-tips-talking-your-child-0) The stuttering foundation has a ton of free resources for parents and people who stutter...

At that age it’s kind of normal for kids to stutter, but take this from someone that grew up going to different speech therapists. I think they worked to some degree, but it made more self-conscious a...

NEVER NEVER correct your child when speaking. Remember, nearly all children stutter to varying degrees at that age and the majority of them attain fluency. By correcting his speech, you are making h...

First, correcting him will make it worse, he doesn't choose to stutter, it's very uncomfortable for him. Our son started stuttering a while back, and we found this site to be a good source of inform...

If your son is stuttering, it is very, very, very unlikely that he wants to. Most likely he does not want to, is not doing it on purpose, and so cannot simply stop. Asking him to stop is asking for ...

As someone with a stutter, I would say no. Putting something into their brain, that something is 'wrong' with their speech will only make it worse. 3 is very young.... most children stumble over words...

I absolutely agree with this. Especially with children, calling it out and "trying" to correct them will only make it worse. At this point we don't know if it's going to be temporary or not. Making yo...

If you think your child may be stuttering get them to a professional as soon as you can. It’s never too early to get it checked out. For many very young children speech impediments can only last a few...

I’m a life long stutterer. Earlier this year my son began stuttering and whenever he did I would stop him, teach him to take a breath and speak slowly. When I see he’s still stuttering I would simply ...

I’m also the only one with it in my family, not sure why. I’m older than you, and I remember my parents trying hard at the time to get me fixed, but all the therapies I went through didn’t really help...

My fianciée is 5 months pregnant and I stutter too. I worry about this sometimes, but I'm the only one in my family who has it. No idea about you, so it's not certain your kid wil inherit. Nevertheles...

My daughter (5) has a stutter like mine and noticed it at age 3. We got her into speech therapy early and it really has helped. It was heart breaking when she first realized she talked like daddy, bu...