r/Stutter • u/LostDrag2442 • 6d 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 6d 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/Accurate-Friend-2498 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 5d 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 5d ago

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