Teen List - A place for teens to stay in touch with friends, make new ones... share ideas/feelings about stuttering.

Parent List - A place where parents of children who stutter can come together to support each other.

• Parent’s Thoughts
  At the October 2008 Friends One Day Workshop in Iowa Friends, parents were asked for their thoughts on their child’s stuttering.
• I am So Proud!!
  For weeks, my daughter Ashlee, age 13, had been talking about doing a presentation on stuttering in front of her class or at an assembly, and I was getting more and more nervous. I was concerned about how her peers would respond, and I did not want her to be disappointed or hurt if it did not go as she expected.
• Moments
  Einstein, as well as other scientists, have given us the wonderful insight that time isn't as fixed as we might have believed. It can, in fact, speed up and slow down, sometimes at perplexingly the most inopportune moments.
  
• A Parent Pledge
  Because we recognize that parents need to become strong supporters of their children who stutter, and because we are advocates for our children, ensuring the right of each to become a strong confident and assertive individual who is allowed to achieve all he or she is capable of becoming….
  
• Not Knowing Much About Stuttering
  I am the parent of an adult who stutters. Having been asked to speak, I was a little anxious at first, because I haven't spoken in front of a large group in several years. Thinking about that, made me more aware of and sensitive to the challenge and struggle that my son, and others who stutter, must face on a daily basis...
  
• The Power of Listening
  Trust has been described as the main component in any healthy relationship. Unfortunately, many therapeutic relationships are not built on trust and therefore growth is often limited (Luterman, 2001). In order to strengthen the client/clinician relationship, one must realize that building trust takes work.