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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...

While about 5% of children age 2 to 5 stutter, 80% of them spontaneously recover. That's probably why the pediatrician is telling you to wait. What I'm saying is that it's a matter of *risk*. It's no...

If you are concerned, what's the danger in contacting a SLP? Even if they assess and recommend no course of action, you will have piece of mind for the price of a SLP session or two. If they assess ...

I guess it's just the fact that the pediatrician said to wait a while that made me think about waiting. What if she naturally "grows out of it" in a few weeks or months and it never returns? I'm just...

> If you wait too long to start speech therapy for her, the effects from the therapy won't be as effective. Our Pediatrician said not to worry unless it really gets much worse or if it continues ...

“In the past, experts incorrectly believed that paying attention to the child’s stuttering would exacerbate the situation,” said Stuttering Foundation Vice-President Lisa Scott, PhD, CCC-SLP. “Childre...

> Not labelling them as a stutterer won't make them feel isolated, if anything I think labelling them as a stutterer and taking them to therapy makes them feel more isolated. I think having a chil...

Not labelling them as a stutterer won't make them feel isolated, if anything I think labelling them as a stutterer and taking them to therapy makes them feel more isolated. You don't have to ignore i...

Awesome post. Stuttering truly does build character. You either learn to swim with courage and perseverance or you sink. Trial by fire. The stuttering around our parents one is interesting to me. I w...

Two kids (one stutters, daughter 12yr). We both have a very mild stutter and mostly goes unnoticed. I haven't been bringing much attention to her stuttering like putting her into speech therapy or any...

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...

My 4.5 year old sometimes repeats my stutter, but I honestly think it's because he just repeating damn near everything I say. I know he's not mocking me or anything. I will say my stutter is on the l...

As someone who stutters hardly and ruined their social life with this I actually don't know. I never got helped by teachers or something. You should definitely go to his teacher and maybe(This can b...

My nine year old daughter has a fairly severe speech block. It can be extremely tough for her at times, and even though she keeps her speech frustrations from ruining her moments, they still can sneak...

How do I overcome the fear that my niece will stutter?

How do I overcome the fear that my niece will stutter? My dad had a stutter for a short while when he was a kid. He overcame it and never told me. My mom showed me a note from his teacher in the attic...

I started stuttering once I came back from my kindergarden’s camping/field trip when I was 5 years old. To this day (I’m 19 now) no one knows what caused it. ...

My cousin on my dad's side stutters. I stutter and my daughter stutters. Son doesnt. No one else stutters in my extended family stutters. My daughter is wonderful, no regrets....

i was just thinking about this for the first time, the other day too. my main concern is them picking it up just out of copying what they might hear from their parents. but then i was thinking it migh...

Should I send my son to therapy?

Should I send my son to therapy? I’ve stuttered my whole life, and it’s seriously impacted every aspect of it. My stutter isn’t very severe, but I still let it control everything I did and said. I did...

I have a stutter. At recess I sit on the ground feeling like I don't belong here. Edit: I just shared your very positive message with my 8 yo daughter, who could use some encouragement right now. Her...