Hi, very heartwarming to see a mother that cares this much. I'm 30 now and I've stuttered since I was 4 years old. It's improved as I got older, I had a LOT of trouble with it when I was younger, especially age 8-12. As far as severity goes, I'm probably at a 3 out of 10 currently. Most people don't notice it until spending a prolonged length of time with me, but it does make communicating my thoughts more difficult on a daily basis. I went to public school and having a stutter will get you bullied for sure, but so will being too short, too tall, too skinny, too heavy or literally anything. Kids will bully kids for any reason. At the same time, your son will befriend some good kids who won't care about his stutter and that on its own will build his confidence. Ultimately it's up to you, but in my experience, I learned very early on that I am different and I cannot express myself verbally like everyone else. Being faced with that from an early age forces you to adapt. Here's some thing things that really helped me through public school: -my mother would email every teacher up front before each school year and tell them about my stutter. Strangers mistake a stutter for lack of mental capacity, which is most definitely is not, so get the teacher in the loop as early as possible. -ask your son what words/sounds he has trouble with every so often. Help him find ways around those difficult words. Example: if he has trouble with words that start with C, maybe have him try asking 'may I use the bathroom' instead of 'can I use the bathroom' - a stutterer's worst nightmare is being called on to read. Try reading something with him out loud. Pick a passage out of a book and tell him to read it along with you out loud. It's called 'choral reading' and you might be surprised how fluent he sounds. My deskmate in 8th grade would read along with me with great results. Like I said, you sound like a good mom and you'll make the right choice!!!