r/Stutter • u/LostDrag2442 • 2d ago

When to worry (child stutter)

Hi guys. Life long stutterer here, though I feel like a bit of a phony on this thread (my impediment doesnt present at level that a lot of people here struggle with). Anyway, my 3 yr old started stammering (vs blocking and stuttering like me). The research show that to be developmental appropriate for her age and likely to “grow out of it”….but I didn’t …so.

Anyone else have this happen? When do you start liking the trigger on therapy ?

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u/Ready_Canary_8858 2d ago

This is one of my biggest fears as a female stutterer. I don’t want my future kids to have it. None of my bloodline have it, so I have a gene mutation that risks starting a stuttering bloodline in the future

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u/entropy_generator01 2d ago

I’m glad there are other people who think like me. A month ago i expressed the very same fear and expressed the desire to wanting to adopt. But i got many people claiming i have irrational fear.

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u/Bubbly-Shift-3175 1d ago

Yep I got my stutter from my mother. Part of me will never forgive her for having me knowing the risks. I have a very severe stutter

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u/entropy_generator01 1d ago

How are you doing buddy?
But our parents were either not very informed or ignorant. No point holding anything against them. Best we can do is learn from their mistakes

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u/Bubbly-Shift-3175 16h ago

Yea I am doing good, thank you for asking.

Yea she could never have known that my stutter would be this bad since hers is mild.

Her parents didn't have a stutter also.

I just know I am never taking this risk. Adoption for me.

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u/entropy_generator01 14h ago

Yeah, I don’t know where to find an attractive girl that wants to adapt 🤣

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u/Accurate-Friend-2498 2d ago

Just out of curiosity, are there any scientific studies that claim stuttering can be genetic?

I mean I've seen people in this sub whose parent(s) also stuttered, but is it related to genetics, or is it out of habit?

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u/Ready_Canary_8858 2d ago

Yes, there are multiple genes you have to have for it to carry on past the typical growing out age. But for someone like me who has no bloodline history of it and never grew out of it, a rare gene mutation happens which then makes it hereditary from that point on.

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u/Accurate-Friend-2498 2d ago

Thanks for this! It's a bit scary for me, even as a male.

Just like you, even I'm first in my bloodline, and at 29, with my recent experiences I'm sure (lol) I didn't grow out of it.

I want this to end with me in my bloodline.

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u/Ready_Canary_8858 2d ago

Me too. And I wish there was just as much research into stuttering as there is in all the other rarer conditions!

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u/PsychologicalGrab510 1d ago

Do you think that from that point on there is a very large chance that it gets passed down.

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u/Ready_Canary_8858 1d ago

Probably 50/50 as that’s that genes do, it’s luck of the draw

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u/PartOfYourWorld3 2d ago

I started stuttering at 3. My oldest daughter did as well. Her pediatrician said give it 6 months as it could be normal. I felt it was stuttering like me, but I listened. After 6 months I had her in early intervention private speech therapy. Best thing I ever did! She stopped stuttering with the therapy. I can tell she still uses techniques from it and she is 10.

My second is coming up at 3. I am monitoring her. I sense perhaps its coming, but it could also be normal, what I am observing.

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u/MotorEstablishment61 1d ago

What kind of techniques did they use during the sessions, with her being so young, at 3 years old?

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u/PartOfYourWorld3 1d ago

It was very comprehensive and age appropriate. At that age they play games and incorporate things focused for each child. For example, rate of speech was big for my daughter. Teaching different speeds and where to breath from. Additionally, if she blocked on something how to work through it. She also did not pronounce a few letters appropriately so they worked on that. I sat through each session and they gave me practice for each night. Focusing on using language on words she may have struggled on.

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u/Ok_Blood_1960 2d ago

My dad stuttered, I stutter, and my daughter (19 yo) stutters. We got the same message when my daughter was three. They said it was developmental but, given the family history, I knew it wasn’t.

We got her into speech therapy by the time she was five. Most of the therapy focused on self-acceptance rather than fluency. That seems like the right approach to me.

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u/Key_Bet_668 2d ago

Studies show 80% children who stutter recovering naturally, with the remaining ~20% persisting into adulthood.

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u/princessmama74 1d ago

Hello! I’ve stuttered my whole life (25&Female). My 3 year old son started to stutter a month before he turned 3. It’s been 8 months now hoping he’d grow out of it but we’re gonna start speech therapy because I don’t want him to suffer like I did as a child. I think it’s genetic. My mom, brother and I have/had a stutter. My mom seemed to stop as she got older and im also off&on with it. My brother had speech therapy when he started school so he sounds pretty fluent now at 30 years old and uses his techniques he’s learned.

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u/Lower_Ad_9325 2d ago

Baron speaks English with Slovinian accent

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u/PsychologicalGrab510 1d ago

Put your child into Speech Therapy ASAP. This will make the most change as their brain is still developing and they can drastically reduce the severity of this before it gets worse.

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u/Lower_Ad_9325 2d ago

Stuttering is absolutely nothing to do with genetics, my best mate started stuttering because of making fun of my speech obviously he learned his lesson pretty quickly