January 30, 2006 at 12:00 am #33051
Rob28645
Participant
As someone who stuttered as a child (it still slips out here and there, very rarely) I can say that you have to be patient and wait for the person to finish on his or her own. To interrupt only makes things worse, as it instills a sense of inferiority, and makes them feel like they are wasting your time. Be calm and show the person that he or she can be comfortable around you, and you will see the stuttering decrease in time. Stutterers usually have somone they can talk to and stutter much less. For instance, I could talk to my mother much easier than my father for some reason.