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From: Judy Kuster
Date: 05 Oct 2008
Time: 14:42:12 -0500
Remote Name: 76.17.183.48
Bob, you ask a very good question! Some people believe that when boys and girls are just starting to "stutter," there are about as many boys as girls who have stuttering in their speech. Then, for some reason, more of the girls seem to stop the stuttering. But many of the boys will also stop the stuttering. We aren't sure why more girls seem to get over stuttering than boys. It may be that there are some differences between boys' and girls' language and speech abilities when they are learning to talk. It may be that people expect different things from boys than they do from girls (like some girls are quieter or have less pressure to talk than some boys. Maybe when they talk less, they don't have as many times to notice and get upset by any stutters and as parts of their brain mature, their speech and language improves to a point where the "stutters" in their speech just disappear). It may be something that researchers haven't even thought of yet! Some day maybe you can research this question! When you do research this question, you will discover the same 4:1 (boys to girls) ratio in some other areas, too! When people do research, the first thing they have to do is come up with a good question like you did!