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He’s in band too! He really likes it and works really hard at it. I think that’s where he has the majority of acquaintances, (ie: people who will say “hi” etc), but no one super close yet to hang out ...

There's plenty of bad therapy out there that can reinforce stigma by praising and prioritizing fluency. Finding a great SLP can be helpful (if he needs it, which a great SLP who understands stuttering...

My stutter is fairly mild and usually only gets bad in stressful situations. Thinking back to middle school/high schooll, things like presentations, reading aloud… those sorts of things were awful. I ...

This is wild. I’m sorry you had to deal with that....

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It's rough when you don't know if this is a common experience or not when parenting a child that stutters. We don't know any other families that have kid...

Omg is this about my son?? I could’ve written this. My son had a very hard time transitioning in middle school. Finally in 7th he made some friends. My son has never had too many friends and I didn’t ...

Good advice. We definitely try to make a home a stress-free zone! He's a regular chatterbox at home, luckily. I hope that means he feels he can be his true self at least somewhere....

just don't make it to hard for him. when I was that age my mom would blame me for it, or say that i'm not trying hard enough to fix it...

She was obnoxious, but at least she showed who she really is rather quickly. Saved you from wasting time on her!...

I gave a presentation yesterday and some of my friends still think I'm just nervous, as well as the teacher. Told them I am a natural stutterer. I speak like this and I can't control it. I was confide...

Parent of 13 year old son of stutters

Parent of 13 year old son of stutters Hello, I am a parent of a 13 year old son who stutters. Ever since he hit middle school, he has not really taken up with a friend group or any super close friend...

You deserve to talk in a way that makes you not feel shame for speaking that way. You deserve to be listened to even if you stutter when you’re saying it. You also deserve the patience and space to be...

(rent) I HATE WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DICTATE MY SPEECH I HATE IT SO MUCH

(rent) I HATE WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO DICTATE MY SPEECH I HATE IT SO MUCH Like I know talk with a stutterer can also be difficult for the listener, cause the words became sometimes hard to understand, but ...

For me it’s either I’m really confident or I’m in one of my good 2-3 weeks where I only stutter very infrequently. Otherwise, I stutter and stammer every 2-3 sentences....

Yes and it’s infuriating and I’m over 40 years old. Been happening my whole life and I really have yet to figure out why. I prepare or don’t prepare, it doesn’t see to have an impact....

well that's usually where it comes from...

The rage I feel when I hear that. I feel the pain...

That's true. I also do this when none of my other methods work. It's annoying and when my co workers ask me ask me to sing what I want to say...

I've had a similar childhood as yours. I know how you feel. People think we stutter just because we're nervous. The truth that no one else sees is that anything that reminds us of that trauma does not...

I believe it’s a genetic trait which can be triggered / switched on by trauma. Both my bother and I stutter and we had a pretty abusive father. Lots of children have had abusive upbringings but do n...