While stuttering and stammering are part of learning to speak, some children do have a neurological or physiological predisposition to obvious stuttering and can be helped to overcome sometimes debilitating effects of this condition. Parents who feel their child has a real stuttering problem would do well to find help for them as soon as possible. Early intervention and speech therapy has helped many children overcome their stuttering altogether or can help them manage condition. There has been considerable progress in language development in recent years and extensive help is available for children and adults with various communication issues.

What experts have learned and agreed upon over years is that positive reinforcement is still best therapy for children with speech problems ... yet another reason to treat your child with kindness and respect at all times.

As you can see, there are a ton of benefits to having your child build a gift themselves. At a young age this is obvious, but even as they grow older and into their teens this should be something you encourage. Building a gift is easy. Different levels of skill can accomplish different things of course, but mediums are fairly similar across all ages. You can encourage child to make you a card or a picture. You can give them clay or plaster and let them sculpt. Or you can suggest they write you a poem, or a story, or frame some nice pictures they take. You should play to child’s interests. If you get them started on an art form for a single project, it could click and give them a hobby for years to come, while expanding their horizons. Try and get them to be creative, and stretch their limits. Most important of all, be encouraging, child is a new artist, and so will be hesitant about their work. This is your chance to help their self esteem at early stages of a new craft.