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My parents always treated it like it was nothing. I've visited many psychiatrists and speech therapists, even though it didn't help that much. Just don't be patient with him, he doesn't need to feel ...

We haven’t say anything to him, our pediatrician just told us to be VERY patient and try not to finish his words for him. ...

>**I usually just wait with a smile for him to finish.** Is there anything at home I can do to help him more? Nope, that's enough. :) The sooner he learns that people can wait, the better. You mi...

Looking back, the best support I received was from my parents. I remember my parents telling me, 1. Talk slowly 2. If I get stuck on a word, try to replace it with some other word 3. Always smiling t...

Don’t worry about it and don’t treat it like a big problem. It will be a big problem for him if you treat it like one....

My son has developed a stutter, and I’m lost on how to help.

My son has developed a stutter, and I’m lost on how to help. My oldest is five, and over the last year has developed a pretty severe stutter. He is in school and has already started speech therapy. It...

I agree with this. Of course as others said you can be there for your kid but the the thing is; you can’t be all the time. ...

I have a 13 year old son who stutters. And I have noticed that because I stutter as well, he isn’t embarrassed about it. And he doesn’t let anyone make him feel bad about it. ...

That's awesome! Good on you for speaking up, as well! It took a lot of time for the people around me to get out of the habit, too. Just be patient, remind them gently if necessary. ...

My daughter is in a similar situation except I stutter too (mom). And honestly, I haven't been rushing into therapy currently because there is an ebb and flow to her stutter where it improves and wors...

Your pediatrician is wrong. I can't say that in a nicer way. Preschool therapy is usually quite effective. AND the fact that your concerned about it warrants therapy. A SLP might not see your child fo...

Is there a way to involve your mom in your practice? I wonder if one of the reasons she thinks you're not taking it seriously is because she isn't observing your practice. If she is involved it may he...

Teach him to accept his stutter but also get speech therapy, to develop techniques. Although, I don't know what therapy is like for a 7 year old. You can practice things at home (if he's aware of his...

I have two children. One is school age, the other infant. School age child does not stutter. Some stuttering is genetic so you do have a chance of passing it on. If you do, your child already h...

Agreed. I feel like I could help my stutterer child navigate life in ways that took me a lifetime of learning....

It’s rare for me. I have a 19 month old son and it caught him off guard when he first started understanding when people were talking. Now, he honestly sits and waits for me to finish if I’m stuttering...

I always look back at my own speech therapy the very day I started stuttering in 3rd grade as a moment where I received a label. I think that I would have grown out of it, if I hadn't been labeled. I ...

He got dressed up in a suit for his class picture this year and begged his dad for a tie. I’m going to have to go back in my pictures. I do have one of his very first time putting an outfit together...

My son takes that extra time to make sure everything matches and he has that gel in his hair. He spends too much time in front of that mirror. He’s 7. I don’t know what I’m going to do when he hit...

For us, accepting means that the stutter is there. It’s a part of our world. (My son stutters). I accept that I can’t fix him. Of course I fight tooth and nail for him to get services. The services fo...