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From: Lynne Shields
Date: 04 Oct 2010
Time: 20:47:51 -0500
Remote Name: 76.215.118.209
Wonderful story and information about chronic sorrow. I agree that it is important to get stuttering out in the open for families. It helps parents begin the process of letting go of the guilt and sorrow, and it allows the child who stutters to both begin to see his or her parents as people, and to address their own guilt and sorrow. When there is silence on the topic, kids may develop the notion that they have to work harder to become the 'perfect (fluent) child' that they think their parents want, and they also may harbor guilt about stuttering, believing that if they were a 'better child', they would not stutter. It sure works both ways. I think you said it when you write about talking, and not just one time, about stuttering. Great article--thanks. Regards, Lynne