Everyone will have their own thoughts on those two questions, but for me; 1. No. I would avoid acknowledging the stutter at all. I have a stutter but it was really bad as a child but as I grew older and nobody pointed it out of made fun of it, it largely went away. It's there and rears its ugly head at the most inopportune times, but it's nowhere near as bad as it once was. 2; I'm not sure if I understand the question, but I think yes, we can stop speaking. The repetitive sounds are, for me at least, sometimes involuntary and also, the sounds get "blocked". There's something stopping the sounds from escaping. We simply cannot force the sounds out. Imagine drowning in sounds. My advice is to ignore it as much as you can. Just let them talk. Don't give advice. Don't tell them to breathe. You'll likely make it worse. My daughter had a major stutter for a week when she was about four. I demanded everyone ignore it and it went away on its own. This will not be indicative for most people and it should not be used as anything more than an anecdote, but some people will outgrow it. I hope your child does as soon as possible.