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I think you're doing a great job. I have a 7 year old with a mild stutter and other speech impediments. My SLP friend, who is very experienced in stuttering, told me that at the toddler age, the b...

Your 4 year old daughter won't think any of that you mentioned, "not smart enough, low confidence" all that comes from the parents and what they see of their child. Be present with her and encourage h...

Hi I stutter and my son has a mild stutter with other speech disorders. A friend of mine who is also an SLP very experienced in stuttering advised me not to do... anything. Don't give attention to i...

I mostly agree, just something I would add to this is that completely not acknowledging or ignoring her stutter, especially when she gets older and more aware of it is not good either. But you're alre...

I have three kids. The first two went through stuttering phases and figures it out. My youngest has been stuttering for about 6 months which is not a phase. My youngest is the most confident, happy a...

Echoing the above. Don’t worry about it too much, just let her speak and let her finish her sentences. Do not correct her or ask her to repeat. Try to find ways to boost her self-confidence with daily...

That’s reassuring, thank you. So if she uses big movements like bowing, should I just let her do her thing? So far I’ve been ignoring it, and I just act a little distracted until she starts talking ag...

Don’t pay much attention to it. Most kids outgrow their stutter. If anything read children’s books to your kid and have her follow along...

I will answer here and then we can go to DM if necessary. There’s no reason to bring it to the child’s attention *because they already know*. And if they don’t, that’s the best possible scenario. ...

Hi - would you be willing to DM me with your thoughts re best practice with dysfluencies? It seems there is a lot of conflicting guidance re not bringing a stutter to the child's attention vs. doing s...

If your insurance plan covers, you take them to a speech pathologist and they can give them tools as well as tools for parents to help a stuttering child. There is also all kinds of online material on...

As someone who stutters, being reminded of strategies by my mother would have made me irrationally angry. Just let me talk! I wouldn’t want my mother to be my speech therapist. So, I don’t do that to ...

Ok.. I remind my 9 year old daughter quite often. She is very stubborn with strategies and won’t use any. I think my reminding her just makes it worse. 😕...

Rarely, mostly because I’m too busy reminding him of all the things moms remind 12yo boys about (hygiene, homework, less screens/more veggies, etc)....

I like to let my son finish his own thoughts even if he is struggling to get it out. And I’ve really tried to teach our whole family this. Sometimes he stutters the most when he is trying to get thoug...

My mother took it personally because I stuttered more around her than others. She’d get so upset. Made me not want to talk to her. One of my sons stutters, and I do my best not to react. I want to be ...

Oh honey, talk to her about this? I’m sorry you feel this way. I certainly wouldn’t want my 15 yr old to ever feel this way. I hope to be his safe place....

The best thing you can do for her is not bring attention to the stutter. If you normalize her way of communicating, you will help take some pressure off of her. I know from experience it’s extremely h...

Hi there! So I have a young child with a mild neurogenic stutter who is monitored by his pediatrician and an SLP. Basically, if the stutter lasts longer than 3 months you want to bring it up with his...

Do everything you can to encourage him and don’t make him feel like he’s doing something wrong when he stutters. My family always cast my stuttering in a negative light and even sometimes would scream...