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From: Ashton Hay (undergraduate)
Date: 22 Oct 2011
Time: 16:31:51 -0500
Remote Name: 99.145.126.13
I was very interested in this topic because being an undergraduate I've wondered about teens who stutter and just how much it really effects their lives. While taking a fluency disorders course we have learned quite a bit about stuttering and are often reminded that parents of the teens who stutter sometimes share a different opinion on just how much stuttering really effects the teens life. While reading the comparison between the parents and teens I was surprised at how much of a difference there actually was between the two. I was also surprised at how much higher the percentage was of parents who think that their child is being bullied and who feel embarrassed about stuttering. I truly would have thought that it would be the other way around. In conclusion, I wanted to know if it's quite common for parents to assume things to a greater extent than the actual teen?