Apart from other comments offering great advice on how to make the stutter better, I am here to say that, **IF he doesn't get better, don't push him too hard.** Of course, I wish the best for your son, and please don't hate me for this, but you should be ready to face the outcome of your son not getting better, and start preparing for it with him. You see, I was in a very similar situation when I was younger. I started stuttering at around 7, and my parents definitely tried all they could with fixing my speech, including therapy. It didn't work, and so they pushed harder and harder. They did everything as subtle as they could, but I was still aware of every bit of it. (children are sometimes surprisingly sensitive to their parents' action) Through this, I was lead to believe that stuttering was a severe issue /shame that I must overcome, which lead to obsession and a wide array of mental issues. Looking back now, I would say that I could have been much more mentally healthy and stutter less if it was not for my and my parents' obsession over improving my stutter. I don't blame my parents for anything. Everything they did was for my improvement. I love them and cherish their care for me, and am sorry that despite our efforts it didn't work out. But, if I can go back in time, this is what I want to tell my parents: 1. **Don't push too hard or be too obsessed with it**, don't make your son think that stuttering is something really bad; tell him that he is just different, and people won't judge him by his speech (in fact this will be even more true when he grows up a decade later); tell him this frequently, tell him "it's ok" to suddenly stutter; 2. **If you are doing anything to try to enhance your child's fluency, be upfront, tell him what you are doing and why**; don't hide it from him, otherwise, he may think he is doing something wrong by stuttering, and come to fear speaking; 3. If your child stutters on a sentence, **you** ***may*** **not want to ask your child to try again**, as doing so may make him more nervous and stressed about speaking, and repeating sentences does not enhance fluency or confidence anyway really; (this is for my case but it really depends on your child so ymmv) 4. **Using easier words is ok**; Stuttering is not really cured by practicing harder words over and over anyway; Modern fluency methods actually include changing words when anticipating a stutter; **your child may not be trying to "run away from his problems" by changing words, he may actually be trying to live and enjoy his life. Don't push him to use words he stutters on. It rarely ends well** (for me, at least)**.** 5. Some suggest "sing it out" or use "funny voices", but I would go against it, as it is really not something that's generally accepted by people and **should not be relied on**; you can pass an interview if you stutter, but you will definitely not pass it if you sing to your HR whenever you are about to stutter; 6. **You as parents must be ready to accept the stutter for the long term, and make your child ready too. There is a possibility that this is not going to get better, and obsessing over improvement will make it worse.** My parents once told me that it was very mentally draining to see me trying to improve my stutter, and I couldn't imagine how much hardships they went through for me. I sincerely hope you don't have to go through this with your son. Sorry for the long and messy comment. I was a bit lost in thoughts and am quite sad atm. Best wishes for you and your son.