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This was the one of the worst fears I had when I had kids. Would my stutter be passed down? Would I want to pass down something that caused me so much misery when I was younger? I have two kids. One ...

Kids at that age sometimes sometimes go through a stuttering phase. It could be developmental, and she may grow out of it. Try not to worry about it but definitely seek help. I’d talk to your pediatri...

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters

Being a stutterer and having a child who stutters I’ve stuttered ever since I can remember, it’s mild/moderate, definitely has improved since childhood. Now I have a daughter and she is 4, I noticed a...

Friends: National Support Organization for Children who Stutter One Day Conference: Pittsburgh, PA

Friends: National Support Organization for Children who Stutter One Day Conference: Pittsburgh, PA I've volunteered with Friends for a few years now. It's all about supporting kids who stutter and the...

Yeah , but the things is my stutter manifested around the age 12 or so. Isn't that too late for an onset of stuttering. It usually begins at 5 year old....

It is really nice of you to care. What I really wished happened when I was younger is my parent taking me to a stutter treatment even just to have a try rather than ignoring the problem thinking I’m j...

You're a good sibling, OP. Speech therapy is really impressionable at that age so I would get him in that. A younger, more energized therapist would probably help him out a lot. I only say that beca...

I agree 100%. See a therapist and give all the support OP can give. Also, encourage his twin sister to give him more space to talk, to boost his confidence. Stuttering won't go away and his mother sho...

Please please give him all the support he needs (expose him to more public speaking events, therapy etc). I think the biggest mistake parents make is to assume the stutter will naturally go away....

My 11 year old brothers speech is turning very bad - and for him seeing his twin sister speaking fluently is ruining his ego

My 11 year old brothers speech is turning very bad - and for him seeing his twin sister speaking fluently is ruining his ego I don't know how to help my little brother he's a good kid who likes to hel...

I still remember I didn't use to stutter when I started speaking at age of 3-4. My stutter started at age of 5 years old....

No one is born with one. They usually develop between the ages of about 2-5, but obviously they can develop anytime. Usually during childhood though. For me, I don't remember, but according to my mo...

Make sure you don’t give him any kind of stress at all as he’a growing up as a child. Be the nicest and coolest person to him every second of his childhood. Get him to talk everyday. Dont mention his ...

I legitimately didn't know that I had a stutter until I was around 11 years old.

I legitimately didn't know that I had a stutter until I was around 11 years old. For context, I had been going to speech classes on and off for years at that point and I didn't know why. I honestly th...

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...

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...

That's the thing... Age is highly, highly related the curability. The Lidcombe program is generally used for kids this young. It isn't perfect, but there are cases of kids this young getting treatmen...

Hi - SLP chiming in. It's true that some SLPs don't have a ton of experience with stuttering (fluency disorders are relatively low incidence compared to other speech and language disorders), but many ...

Completely agree with others saying your Pediatrician is just wrong. Even if your daughter does "grow out of it", it's not like speech therapy is going to harm her. If she doesn't grow out of it, it c...

Pediatricians know nothing about stuttering. The "wait until the kid is 5" is based on nothing but social myth. In SOME kids, waiting is appropriate. In others, it is not. Early childhood stuttering i...