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I think best thing to do is not make your kid aware of it and that there is anything abnormal about his speech. Give them time to speak and never finish their sentences for them. If they start to deve...

I would just try to catch it as early as possible. Speech therapy while the childs brain is still learning to speak may be beneficial and easier rather than later in life. Nothing you can really do th...

I'm 37 and have stuttered severely my entire life. I have 2 kids 14 and 7. My oldest used to mimick me when he was younger so I was concerned for a while but it did pass! He speaks perfectly normal. M...

In most of the families parents pay very less attention to stuttering until the encounter the real problems during the college life and in getting first job and following job. Your motivation is highl...

I always struggle with this mindset. As someone who does stutter, the "it often just goes away" narrative feels like such bullshit in the moment, even though it can be very true. I heard it a bunch as...

My cousin had a severe stutter at a young age and he is 100% fluent right now. If I remember correctly his parents never put too much shame on him or tried to correct him too much. Meanwhile as a kid ...

Read together, speech therapy, encourage him to talk but don’t force him bc it will be more anxiety, also therapy just normal therapy, get him to read aloud too alone, support group for him, help him ...

My kid started to show signs of stuttering at the same exact age. It got worse when his idiot grandmother started laughing at him when he would stutter. After she went back to Korea, I had a talk wi...

Having a parent that truly understands what they're going through is going to help them tremendously. You got this! On another note, I'm not too sure on the statistics but I know a lot of children e...

Well then, sounds like you got this! Keep doing what you’re doing. If your kid is generally happy I’d say don’t focus on it any more than it needs to be....

As some who stutters, I would advice few things. Let not anyone point to him that he stutters, you or the whole family. That creates negative impact on the children's mind and further increases th...

Let the kid talk. I wish my parents would have just listened to me as if I were speaking fluently.  Every time I spoke I could see in their faces every single emotion my stutter was making them feel a...

I'm from south west uk. did my first courses in bournemouth, Swindon and Southampton. the website will have a contact for your region so you can see how regularl and close the courses are. one of...

It's not uncommon for the stuttering to "lay low" for a while and then increase later on. Isn't quite as common for it to decrease so much as to nearly disappear before resurfacing, but not unheard of...

What you're doing now is helping your brother a lot. Maybe more than you realize. The best you can do is educate yourself about the condition and treat him like you would any other person. The only ...

I love ordering online! The internet has made my life so much easier. Especially, as a parent. Ordering for 3 people, while stuttering the entire time, is torturous. I still have to do it sometimes, b...

Hi, There is some research indicating that those who are bilingual are more susceptible to stuttering, so there may be a similar thing happening here. So I suggest sticking with one language for him ...

Be kind to him and supportive, speech therapies also contains behaviour of parents towards the child, it is critical. Parents and child both have to do hard worl over here, it is your duty that your c...

Don't mention your stutter in my humble opinion. It will make you look even more determined and better in their eyes. Mentioning the obvious won't give you any bonus points, just in my opinion. To ...

Hi, I'm a speech-language pathologist. I don't post here often, but I couldn't resist your case! It is very easy to tell the difference between developmental and disordered stuttering. If your done is...