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2022 Talk to a PWS — 7 Comments

  1. Hi Brianna.
    I have a child and she knows everything about stuttering. 🙂 She even dated a guy who’s mother stutters and she was asked me about the chances of her having a child who stutters. I asked her if she was worried. Her reply was “No mom, I’m worried you’d be a know-it-all”. 😉

    It’s important for family members to understand. So they know what not to do. F ex when people called me and there was a silence, they knew to just wait and not interrupt. My daughter needed to know what answer to give when other kids asked her about my speech. They don’t have to know the facts and figures, but simply that the most important thing is for them to learn to simply wait until the words come out and be respectful. As we’re all different and all good at many things, just in different ways.

    Keep them talking

    Anita

      • Hi Brianna,
        I don’t have any children, but if I did I think I would share the habits and sentiments that I tried to develop myself as a young person and that I try to share with young people who stammer, which are to not avoid; to live and think in a way that means nothing can stop you; to not let the stammer define who you are, and what possibilities are open to you. Whilst these values are important to any person that stammers I think it’s important to ingrain these beliefs in young people who stammer if possible so that they can do their best to go on to lead happier lives.

  2. Hi Brianna,

    I am a person who stutters and I also have a daughter who stutters. Whether a child stutters or not I think it is important for them to know that stuttering is just another way of talking, people who stutter are not limited by their speech and there is a big community of awesome people who stutter so no one needs to feel alone if they stutter. As Anita said, it is good to be patient with people who stutter it might take a little bit longer to say what they want to say. It is good to ask questions if a child wants to know about stuttering, they will understand more and learn lots of cool things about stuttering and learn about all the cool people who stutter.

    thanks for your question

    Veronica

  3. I have a forty-three year old son and we never really discussed my stammer as such when he and his elder brother were young. They obviously knew from day one their Dad stammered but my stammer was far less pronounced in the family dynamic so it probably wasn’t something they thought was strange, different, abnormal etc. I didn’t try to hide my stammer at home and don’t remember either of them asking any questions re my speech.

    However, I’ve discussed all manner of things including my stammer now that my younger son is a Dad and I’m a Grandad. Interestingly my granddaughter once mimicked my stammer when she was around seven and I explained that being different was a good thing and not everybody was the same. I think her mum was more embarrassed than me. 😎

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