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I really have no idea. I started stuttering when my mother left for a month long trip. Could be total coincidence though....

Even people who aren't stutterers still sometimes stutter, especially when nervous or anxious. It's rare, but not unheard of for people to get late onset stuttering after they've grown. Even if you do...

Go to the doctor just in case. Never heard of someone picking stutter up that late in life. Could be just lack of sleep but you never know....

Having been a person who was in speech therapy in third grade (8-9 yrs old), I really recommend parents don't put their child through this kind of therapy. The reason is, that kids can easily grow out...

I would strongly recommend that you carry on with the speech therapy. A child's mind is like a sponge and it soaks everything it comes in contact with. Given time, fruits of therapy will show. I say t...

I would say speech therapy is quite useless, especially for someone as young as your son and not to worry about it. Hopefully his stuttering phase wont last. ...

Stuttering is very common for young children. The vast majority grow out of it by 7 or 8. It sounds like you stutter as well, so there might be a genetic link. My suggestion would be to continue with ...

Yes, my daughter stuttered briefly when she was 2 and she no longer does it. She was a very early talker and has always been a fast talker. My issue now is my 2 year old son is beginning to talk more ...

Hello, I stutter and I believe it is effecting my professional and family life.

Hello, I stutter and I believe it is effecting my professional and family life. Hello, all. I am really glad I found this subreddit. My stuttering has varying levels of intensity depending on the situ...

Any parents here stutter that had kids that don't?

Any parents here stutter that had kids that don't? I have a 3 month old and I think about it every day. I have a mild stutter and I will be sad if my baby has one but we will be okay. I just wonder ab...

I have a child on my caseload right now in the exact same situation. I was trying to dismiss him because I have literally never heard him stutter all year long, but his parents insist he stutters seve...

Any parents who stutter have fluent children?

Any parents who stutter have fluent children? I just had my first child, a healthy baby boy, and I was wondering if he is more than likely going to inherit my stutter. I am fairly sure I inherited my ...

5 % of all children go through a period of stuttering that lasts six months or more. Threequarters of those will recover by late childhood, leaving about 1 % with a long-term problem. The best prevent...

Hi Lyssinflannel, I had to respond to your post because I felt like I was reading an entry in my diary lol. I’m a 23/f stutterer…soon to be 24 I never attended Hollins, but I did purchase the speech...

Hmm... I really like that. My son sometimes stutters but I think its more just from listening to me. I think it would be cool to get what you said but of him saying something along the line of "just ...

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Hello! Hi there, I just subscribed, but I wanted to say hello and explain why I'm here. I have stuttered for as long as I can remember, since I could speak I guess. My parents subscribed to the "just ...

I started stuttering around age 6-7, after I had a lisp corrected at speech therapy in school. Stuttering has been shown to have a genetic component, though they're not sure how much. For me, personal...

My son started stuttering very suddenly at 2 yrs 10 months. He is now 3 yrs 2 months and still stutters (sometimes quite severely). He has been seeing a speechie for about 8 weeks now (Liddcombe progr...

We're the unfortunate ones that didn't outgrew our stutter during our childhoods. Most kids however do. 80% if I remember correctly....

There's a good stuttertalk podcast on this but I'll just add again, don't be afraid of taking a child to see an slp (who understands stuttering) when they're young. They're not more likely to "catch" ...