I have a severe stutter that started when I started talking for background. My mum was good about it, she'd just let me continue at my pace. My step dad wasn't. He was determined to fix it so he didn't have to be seen with a "defective" child. I distinctly remember hearing "just talk" "slow down" "think about what you're saying" etc in a crappy tone. It made it worse. It made me more self conscious of it. My son has stuttered a few times when he was younger, we still aren't sure if it's an actual stutter or if he is mimicking my own stutter but knowing what I went through, I made the decision to essentially act like it isn't there. I told his teachers, friends etc the same thing. We just act like he hasn't stuttered and continue. He very rarely stutters now. As I said I don't know if he was mimicking or not but still. Still happens occasionally when he's excited but that could be talking too fast and tripping too. I do wonder if I hadn't of ignored it, if the anxiety would have kicked in and made it worse. Maybe my own wouldn't be that bad if no one took any notice of it too.