| The problem of stuttering though not considered | | | | and adults. |
| a serious one, is capable of evoking serious | | | | Now that the parents have accepted to their |
| changes in the personalities of the stutterers | | | | child's problem, it takes a lot of patience from |
| when not treated rightly in their surrounding | | | | their side to achieve the elimination of stuttering in |
| environments. Stuttering or stammering is a type | | | | their child. At least one parent must be able to |
| of communication disorder where stutterers | | | | spend a good amount of time with the child to |
| experience difficulty in pronouncing certain words | | | | help him/her to get over the stammering |
| or tend to elongate syllables. With this problem, | | | | problem. The first thing that a parent must do for |
| stutterers are mostly made fun of in their | | | | this purpose is to interact a lot with the kid and it |
| surroundings and this may have an effect on their | | | | must be done in such a way that it encourages |
| behavior. Since it is observed that stuttering is | | | | the child to speak more. When the child speaks |
| predominant in children, any type of ridiculing will | | | | more and more with the parents' constant |
| have an effect on the stuttering child's character. | | | | encouragement, the confidence level of the child |
| This is where the parents of the stuttering | | | | increases and is sure to make the child believe |
| children come in. Knowing the child's difficulty in | | | | that stuttering can be overcome. |
| fluent speaking, parents must constantly | | | | Now with the child co-operating even more |
| encourage a child to recover from the problem. | | | | because he/she believes it is possible to recover |
| But the first fact that must be acknowledged by | | | | from stuttering, the job of the parent becomes a |
| the parents is that their child is a stutterer. Most | | | | little easier. Slowly, interactive games can be |
| parents fail to accept the stuttering problem in | | | | conducted for the child with emphasis on certain |
| their child and consider it to be a part of the | | | | difficult words and the stuttering condition can be |
| child's growing phase. Once they get over this | | | | treated with the help of a speech therapist. Also |
| fact, they will have to accept the problematic | | | | when a child is supported strongly by the parents, |
| condition and must strive for their child to | | | | the child will not be affected much by the |
| recover, for the earlier the problem is treated, | | | | surrounding environment hence making it |
| the easier it is to eliminate the condition. Research | | | | trouble-free for the child to get over the |
| has shown that pre-schoolers and school age | | | | stammering. |
| children recover relatively faster than older kids | | | | |