commentr/StutterNovember 10, 2022

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My husband stutters and last year, when our son was in kindergarten, he started stuttering pretty severely. Having really big blocks and face tightening. Almost identical to my husbands stutter. My poor husband was devastated. We got him into speech therapy swiftly and now, over a year later, he rarely if ever stutters. He sees a school based SLP once a week for 30 mins. When my husband was a child in the 80’s, a teacher mentioned his stutter to my MIL who asked my then 8 year old husband about seeing a speech therapist. He was a kid and didn’t want to be different so begged her not to make him go to therapy. Now he’s in his 40’s and desperately wishes things had been handled differently. Get your kid to speech therapy. Don’t let your husband get in the way. This is about your kids wellbeing. Not your husband Edit: just saw your sentence about needing to fix your own stutter to help your daughter. At this point in time it is unlikely that your stutter can be “fixed.” You may be able to learn some things that help, but the bigger goal is how you feel about it and yourself. Which is important and therapy would almost surely still be of benefit. But your daughter is young and a stutter can be corrected. It’s important to tell your pediatrician about your own stutter so he/she understands that this is less likely to be a developmental stutter that your daughter will simply outgrow.

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Parent & CaregiverTherapy & Professional

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Treatment DecisionsEarly Concern & OnsetSeeking TherapyTherapy Experiences