Yeah, I’m your resident pain in the butt :-). I’ll keep asking away. You know the ring theory of support? The person in the middle gets to say whatever to whomever. That’s my son. I am Mom (obviously) but with regard to his stutter I am an outer ring so I just provide support. I have all of this excess angst and energy so I direct that outward, away from my son and I’m trying to create more rings of support. I’ve already had to ask the school to educate the cafeteria staff. When he moves on to middle school I’ll make sure every adult in the building knows and I’ll make sure they’ll get guidelines for interacting with him. Like for subs, please call out names and ask the kids to raise their hands. I’m hoping to advocate for him until he reaches a point where he wants to do it for himself. I’m hoping he can grow up in a loving, accepting environment so when he meets the assholes of the world he knows that it doesn’t have to be that way and he’ll be empowered to be that change. And he just whacked his sister over the head. *sigh* Not there yet.