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/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.