The estimated amount of children that stutter at some point and time in their life is about 20%. But most children will grow out of it and have perfect speech never even knowing they ever had a stuttering problem. Unfortunately there is about 1% of children who do end up having a chronic problem. They might need help from a speech therapist.
1. You are avoiding the issue and maybe even embarrassed. If you are ignoring your child’s stuttering this may make matters worse. You should speak to your child about it in a casual manner so as not to make them feel self-conscious.
2. You are using words like “stammering” and “stuttering”. When you use these words with your child they are somewhat frightened because they do not understand the meaning of this. This will make them more aware of their speech disorder which is not necessary. Use words they can understand like “that sticky word” or “stuck word.”
3. You are telling your child to speak slowly or take a deep breath before they talk. When you do this to your child, you are making them lose their confidence in their ability to talk, therefore this increases the stutter. You should speak the way you want them to, you speak more slowly and take a deep breath.Children more often then not will mimic their parents. Also use short sentences that they can understand more easily.
4. You are interrupting your child when he/she is speaking. Your child will be much more relaxed and won’t stutter as much if at all if they know that they are not going to be interrupted.
1. You are avoiding the issue and maybe even embarrassed. If you are ignoring your child’s stuttering this may make matters worse. You should speak to your child about it in a casual manner so as not to make them feel self-conscious.
2. You are using words like “stammering” and “stuttering”. When you use these words with your child they are somewhat frightened because they do not understand the meaning of this. This will make them more aware of their speech disorder which is not necessary. Use words they can understand like “that sticky word” or “stuck word.”
3. You are telling your child to speak slowly or take a deep breath before they talk. When you do this to your child, you are making them lose their confidence in their ability to talk, therefore this increases the stutter. You should speak the way you want them to, you speak more slowly and take a deep breath.Children more often then not will mimic their parents. Also use short sentences that they can understand more easily.
4. You are interrupting your child when he/she is speaking. Your child will be much more relaxed and won’t stutter as much if at all if they know that they are not going to be interrupted.
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