commentr/StutterJuly 10, 2025

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You can be the difference in your childrens lives that you never had. 54m, I have stuttered my entire life. Met my first stutterer when in high school, and before that I thought I would be alone in this world. My family had a couple stutterers in the family, but my the family back then handled it all wrong. The stutterer was seen as a shame, a source of humiliation, and they outcast that member. My grandmother in her death bed held on to that belief that those stutterers that were in the family in years past werent her fault. Expressing shame in the fact I stuttered. My existence in this family the last 54 years, has taught them all how to handle stuttering. Throughout the years, they knew what it was, never judged me, and weren't bothered by it. My sister had a kid, one of two, who developed a stutter. He is nowhere near as severe as mine, but he grew up with a family who had dealt with stuttering their whole lives. His mother knew how to handle the schools when the teachers decided to tease her kid, she knew to get speech therapy, and he grew up knowing someone his entire life who stuttered. Now, he is an adult, and living a normal life, well adjusted to his disability but he wouldn't want it called that. You can be the person your kids know who does the same thing. At least your kids won't grow up not knowing anyone else who does the same thing. That is a powerful thing. Also, get your kids therapy. My therapist from long ago stressed to me that sometimes young kids grow out of stuttering naturally. If it continues, or if your parental spider sense tells you this needs more attention, get them that help. Lastly, my therapist taught me a similar technique, to slowly progress through your blocks, breathing, and not pushing your way through it. It is an effective technique, but quite often enough, my brain finds ways around it. I have been blocking and having troubles my entire life, my old brain just cannot let it go. Young enough, it could be ingrained deep enough in their still developing brains, it could very well do them a world of good.

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Causes & VariabilityParent & CaregiverCoping & Advocacy

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Genetic & Family FactorsHome SupportFluency Techniques