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From: Elissa, mother of a stutterer
Date: 04 Oct 2010
Time: 21:04:10 -0500
Remote Name: 67.160.176.106
Reading this account made me angry, though I know that was not your intention. As a mother of a stutterer, I'm practically hard-wired to identify and sympathize with other mothers of stutterers, but -- if you'll forgive me -- reading about your mother infuriated me on more levels than I can count. Why did she take away your beloved bear? And if she thought that made you stutter, why the hell didn't she give it back? Why was the first time you saw a therapist for stuttering when you were old enough to arrange it for yourself? Why didn't she make the slightest effort to educate herself about stuttering? If she could say, "Scott, stop!" to an 18-year-old stutterer, she could not have done a modicum of research about it. Why didn't she ever talk to you about stuttering? And why, when you finally brought it up yourself, were *you* forced into the position of having to comfort *her*? At the risk of offending you, which I don't want to do, she sounds like a lame, manipulative nightmare.