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^. A stutter being developed at that age could indicate a serious issue....

It sounds like you and your son are doing all of the right things. The only thing I would say is to just keep a close eye at how things go at school. You don't want him to experience humiliating situa...

I should also add that he is starting school for the first time and Im nervous that the stress of it all might bring it back in full force. Im wondering if I should hold him back or see how it goes....

Stuttering beginning to fade

Stuttering beginning to fade Hi there, My son is four and has been stuttering for a little over a year we've gone to speech therapy and we went with the approach of how to normalize it etc and he ha...

Here is a short summary of the video: **Summary**: According to speech therapist Mary Joe Hoy, about 1 in 4 children will develop a pattern of stuttering while their language skills are growing. Mos...

RESEARCH: many perceive stutterers as less intelligent due to their disfluency, however, as a group, individuals who stutter tend to be of above average intelligence

RESEARCH: many perceive stutterers as less intelligent due to their disfluency, however, as a group, individuals who stutter tend to be of above average intelligence *Source:* [*https://guardianlv.com...

Never going to have children

Never going to have children My father is a stutterer as well and all my life I blamed him for having me, you know the struggle of stuttering and how hard it is to live like that, you could have spare...

How can I better support my son?

How can I better support my son? My almost 6yo son has had a stutter on and off for 2 years and right now it's the worse it's ever been. He has always had speech issues, suspected appraxia. He's made ...

Worried about 6 year old

Worried about 6 year old This is her 2nd "phase" of stuttering. The 1st time was between 3 and 4 that went away on its own but I cant remember how long it lasted. This time, it started at about 5 1/2....

SLP recommendation in SHARJAH

SLP recommendation in SHARJAH Hello members I have a 6 yr old who has started stammering overnight:( it's been a year now and im very worried. Hes a lovely chatty boy but gets stuck often. We have tr...

I had an SLP tell my parents when I was about 8 that “she could stop if she wanted to” I checked out all the books I could on stuttering at libraries growing up and always had a profound sense it was ...

I just wish someone would have given a shit and helped me build confidence rather than express their annoyance and be abusive… (Thanks Dad). My elementary school had a speech pathologist come in and...

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled?

Given your experiences growing up, do you wish you'd been homeschooled? I don't stutter but I have two wonderful little kids who do -- a 6.5-year-old boy and a 4.5-year-old girl. My son has been stutt...

First of all stutter really varies and the same tricks dont work for everyone, so I dont have any specific tricks in mind. You already told him some basic tricks but don't stress about it too much or ...

First off, having a son when you had a stutter isn’t evil like the other commenter said. Your son is still in the developmental stuttering age. He’s 5, so his speech and language skills are still ve...

5yo son studdering...

5yo son studdering... As the title suggests, my 5yo has developed a studder. I grew up studdering from ages 6-15. It kind of lingered off after then. My worry is JUST how similar he is of me, im talki...

It’s mostly gone unless he’s really excited/wound up or there’s a lot going on around him. It causes me insane anxiety, but I brought it up to his teacher last year, who didn’t seem to notice it stan...

It’s very common for stuttering to come and go, especially around big transitions like starting school or stressful situations. At home slow your own speaking rate when talking with her and pause slig...

My daughter started stuttering around 2.5 yrs old. It was on and off. She would go 8 months without and it would start back up. So speech therapy was difficult that young. Drs said it was would probab...

My little girl started stuttering

My little girl started stuttering Hi all, My little girl is now 4.5 years old and she started stuttering two years ago when my wife delivered her brother and she stopped stuttering one month afterwar...