Re: stuttering
I didn't think they worried too much about stuttering until a child was about 6 years these days, because speech developement is different for each child.
The very fact that he is seeing a speech therapist could be making him feel as though he isn't good enough. It might be time to stop the speech therapy and just let him have a go learning to speak properly on his own.
My now 5 year old had a stutter from the time she could talk until she started school this year. By being around other children, she very quickly learnt how to speak more properly, and only seems to have a slight stutter when she is trying really hard to get a point across.
Take the pressure off him, and don't try and correct the way he speaks all the time, or he will feel as though is is a 'failure', which he most certainly isn't. Learning to talk is hard work, and then when they do, finding the off switch is even harder!
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