Thank you for your perspective, and for all of your advice!! You make excellent points -- especially about how kids will bully other kids for any reason (i.e., kids with a stutter aren't the only ones suffering out there) -- and how making good friends can be such a buffer to that. I also really appreciate your tips. I'm going to prepare an email for his 1st grade teacher now! And again, thank you for taking the time to respond. (I am his mother, btw :) )