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From: Joe K.
Date: 05 Oct 2008
Time: 11:17:34 -0500
Remote Name: 74.70.44.201
Hi Veronica, Thanks for your comments. You wrote that: "I may lack some of the objectivity needed to provide unconditional support. Others have said I am best placed to support my child because I have a high level of understanding of her situation." I would say YES to both. You are going to know more about stuttering than the average parent and will understand all those "below the surface" feelings and attitudes that authors of other papers in this conference are describing so well. But, you are right, in that you need to be careful not to think that your child's experience of stuttering will be the same as yours. It won't. In all likelyhood, it will be much better. As long as you can keep an open dialogue about stuttering, making one of many hurdles in life rather than either terrible or the other extreme: "don't worry about it." It can be something to worry about. Just like you will worry about good grades and good behavior, it is very normal to worry about things like stuttering, etc. That may be what we parents do best: worry. The only advice I have is to keep the channels of communication open, talk about your own stuttering as a good model for your child to talk about his/hers, and love your child a whole lot... Joe K.