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Let me start with something I have said here before. *Do not let your stutter make decisions for you.* You will be miserable if your stutter is a factor in decisions, let alone life decisions. I have ...

I am a college student who stutters. I have a passion for helping parents and teachers of children who stutter understand what their children are going through & how to help them. I wrote an article t...

Hi, I stutter and I have the worst blocks you could get I love how you are handling the situation about always letting him finish...

Try not to let your own worry show, kids are intuitive and if he picks up on the worry you have for him, that might add to the pressure on him to be fluent. I would suggest that you, and any other ad...

Oh another thing i just in your post, your son masking the y…y… y.. or using shorter sentences. This is because he was made aware of his stutter in a way that he is now covering up that sound. My son ...

It’s definitely worth thinking about whether the therapy he’s in is helping or not, or even if it’s making him feel stressed out about speaking at home. Speech therapy can have such a positive impact ...

Advice for our 7 years old child?

Advice for our 7 years old child? We have a 7 years old child who stutters for over a year and a half now. Before this, the only speech issue he had was that some sounds weren't exactly correct (whi...

That sounds kinda fucked up to do to a child. I wouldn't do it with mine. Okay, operant conditioning seems to work on children only and that only temporary. The Default Mode Network (DMN) associated...

Hello, It's great that you are actively helping your son. To support him, try engaging in interactive play with toys and books to keep him focused. Incorporate short, frequent practice sessions into d...

How to help a 3 year old who stutters

How to help a 3 year old who stutters Hello, My 3 year old son has a stutter that has come and gone and varied in severity over the past 7-8 months. I want to make sure that I’m doing all I can to he...

like looking into a mirror years ago, everything you said applies to me, when i was 13-14 years my parents pushed hard to get me back to speech therapy, which i didn’t because i went for many years it...

To add to this I would say try to refrain from speaking on their behalf, even if it may seem that they prefer it. Learning to speak and otherwise interact with people is necessary life experience that...

He sounds like me. I got affected by the change around me. New school, new class, new teacher, new kids, etc. It’s more of a confident issue. Try to let him play sports as much as possible, then work...

What state do you live in? Unfortunately licensed SLPs are only allowed to provide consults other than the state they’re licensed in, but I’m happy to try and provide some information here as it migh...

I have a 6 year old that started starting pretty hard last year and we're lucky to have an understanding and lovely older teacher. She is very understanding as her husband went through years of stutt...

Hi there! I am a pediatric SLP, and this may be info you’ve already received from other SLPs you’ve connected with but thought I might be able to give some helpful information! At your son’s age it ...

Hi! It might help you to read this article that I wrote recently on Stuttering. It includes many of the things that I wish my parents & teachers had known when I was a child and what support I needed...

Hi! I suggest that you message your teacher and let her know you have a stutter. But instead of asking her right away if you can skip reading, explain to her how worried and nervous you are about it ...

i have a baby sister and she is four like your daughter, i am 16 with a mild stutter and i started stuttering at around her age so i think its genetic i think it depends where the stutter has came fr...

I started stuttering as a child. It got so bad that I could barely get a word out. My mom heard that stuttering was caused by being to hard a on a young child. My dad stopped spanking me, and my st...