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Parents of children who stutter

Parents of children who stutter What kind of strategies did speech pathologists give to to do at home with your child/ren? Or did you find/use any strategies by looking online. Were any of them succes...

Its not your fault, its genetics. They literally cant blame you so dont feel guilty about it. If he stutters they should send him to speech therapy asap to fix it....

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. You know when I was in elementary school, my Mom had evidently talked to a teacher about me and told me that teacher offered to help me. I said to my Mom just what your ...

Well, the thing is that I'm 13, my mom won't send me to speech therapy because "we can just do it at home" I've tried telling her that a professional would be better than just doing it with her, but s...

In Korea, there's a popular tv program where a psychiatrist talks with parents and their children and give advice. One episode had a child who stutters and her advice was good, like, it's the parents ...

To the person who wrote this comment, “Do you stutter?” It seems to me you don’t. I do and I would never give this advice. If you do and you give this advice, then I would just say I strongly disagre...

I’m not in Australia, but I do have a stutter and I have a child that did stutter for awhile. My best advice is to just be patient with the child. My wife and I paid out of pocket for a speech patholo...

I’m from Australia too and have attended the Maguire programme. Please get him into speech therapy while he’s still little so that there’s a good chance he won’t go into his teens and adult life with ...

Hey mate. I live in Australia. I'm 35 had a stutter my whole life. My personal advice is get him to see a professional speech pathologist. The best chance of overcoming it is early professional inte...

The very same thing happened to my son when he was that age. It was sudden and pretty upsetting to have a child that could talk suddenly not be able to get his words out. And you're right, it's hear...

My daughter started to stutter at age 3, exactly when I did. I had my moment of guilt and crying. I gave it the 6 months the doctor suggested since my husband asked for that. It could be normal, but t...

18 yr old son has stutter

18 yr old son has stutter Hi all , sorry I’m posting as a parent , trying to get my son to join. He started off with a small stutter /stammer about 10-12 years ago barely noticeable . Usually stuck on...

Thanks for answering. We have an appointment for speech therapy coming up. Most places we've contacted have told us he's too young to be able to do anything, though. It really sucks. We're just trying...

Have I ruined my child's life?

Have I ruined my child's life? My son is 7, turning 8. He's had a stutter since he was 3. We took him to speech therapy for a bit and it helped. His stutter never went away but it was OK. This p...

Parent here. As a parent, you can only lead a teenage to water, you can't make them drink. I'm a stutterer who finally took my speech therapy seriously in my 20s and got fluent. In my teens, I too ha...

7 year old stutters and now suddenly his 5 year old brother is stuttering the exact same

7 year old stutters and now suddenly his 5 year old brother is stuttering the exact same I don’t know who else to turn to or who else to talk to, so hopefully your expertise can guide me. My oldest s...

I recommend [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/zh3ywn/comment/j141z7s/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) post from a PhD researcher and speech therapist. Regarding sp...

Your parents need an hour or so reading on stuttering. The idea that speech therapy will fix you isn't how it works....

My son has a stutter, should i bring it up with him?

My son has a stutter, should i bring it up with him? My son is 7 years old, he has had a stutter since he was 3 years old. I remember the exact moment it hit us. He was trying to tell us something and...

So I left it up to the professional and she wants me to volunteer so she has a better way to connect with the boys she sees every week. Thank you for your input tho I appreciate it....