What to do if your child stutters?

In daily life, I believe that many parents are not only worried about their children’s learning situation, but also very worried about their growth and development. Parents are particularly worried about children who stutter, because they deeply understand that people with stutters will encounter many obstacles in the workplace and in their emotional lives. So what should we do if our children stutter? In the next period of time, please join me in studying the following content.

Stuttering, commonly known as stammering. During the peak period of learning to speak, babies over 2 years old may sometimes repeat sounds and interrupt sentences. This is a natural phenomenon in the child's development process, generally called "temporary stuttering". As the baby matures, most of them can be corrected naturally. It can also be said that stuttering at this time is just a phenomenon, not a symptom of stuttering, and it does not fall into the scope of pathology. Generally, it will heal itself without treatment before the age of five. Some children may stutter when they are in a hurry, but it usually does not affect their communication. It is inappropriate for some parents to be too nervous, pay too much attention, and be eager to correct their children. However, parents should pay attention to eliminating factors in the surrounding environment that may cause stuttering and help their baby correct stuttering.

Generally speaking, there are several reasons why babies stutter: (1) When babies are just beginning to learn to speak, if they often imitate the speech of people who stutter. (2) Parents are too strict or too urgent in their baby’s speaking requirements, or people around them often laugh at the way their baby speaks, which causes the baby to become very nervous when speaking and afraid of making mistakes, which may lead to stuttering over time. (3) Some people believe that left-handed children often stutter if their parents force them to use their right hand. (4) Some stuttering has a family history. If your baby unfortunately "stutters", parents do not need to worry too much. Stuttering in young children is a physiological phenomenon. Since it is a speech disorder, as long as parents help their children get through this stage smoothly, there will be no "sequelae". Specifically, parents can do this: 1. Do not ridicule, scold, beat or punish children. Any practice that increases a child's nervousness is not advisable, even if it is an unconscious request to a child. It is especially pointed out that you should treat it with a normal mind. If you are nervous, it will show in the tone and intonation of your voice, and the child will be hinted at and will also become nervous, and his speech will become even less fluent. 2. Mom and Dad must have enough patience. The focus should not be on "how well the child speaks", but on encouraging him to speak boldly and not to be anxious, and to slowly express his ideas; just ignore it, guide the child to slow down and lower the volume when speaking, and speak calmly, so as to guide the child to build up the self-confidence to overcome stuttering;

The above paragraphs have given us a good answer to the question of what to do if a child stutters. I sincerely hope that friends who have this need can study the above content carefully, so that they can make the most correct solution to the child's stuttering, thereby correcting the bad habit of stuttering in children, and at the same time better cultivate the child's language talent for fast speaking.