The creepers are those persons with imperfections which are identified by themselves or others. Of course, the acknowledgment of these imperfections create a striving for the perfection others wish upon them. The harder they try to please others the more obvious their imperfections become and the more miserable they become. There certainly is a vicious cycle here. We believe there is a correspondence here between stuttering and imperfection in children.
Children are imperfect because they are children.
Please think of children in terms of fractions. We can begin to appreciate how much impact that year has upon the totality of the child's functioning and perfection. Stop acting like a baby. The parent is happier, the associated persons are happier, and the negative signals diminish in intensity or are eliminated altogether. Even if you believe you do not have the ability to accomplish all that has been presented here you do have time on your side.