Stuttering and Your Child

https://www.stutteringhelp.org/child-who-stutters-pediatrician

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For Parents

Parents of Preschoolers

Risk Factors

Finding Help for Stuttering

7 Ways to Help the Child Who Stutters

Does My Child Need Therapy for Stuttering?

Resources for Parents

Notes To The Teacher

Bilingual Child

Parents of School-Age Children

What Happens In Therapy?

FAQ's For Parents

Insurance Coverage

Explaining Stuttering

Therapy In The Schools

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

In November 2010, worldwide movie audiences were presented with a most interesting and unusual movie release with The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI and Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, history may have forgotten the courageous and inspiring story of Prince Albert who stuttered badly and never dreamed that he would ever be king when his older brother, King Edward VIII, abruptly abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

John Melendez

He is a talented musician, actor, and comedian. Listen to a podcast.