He talked about stuttering and how it was just something I did, not something I was. I felt a brick had been lifted from my head. I no longer had to attempt to hide the fact that I stuttered. The children were also much more accepting of who I was, and my stuttering. I also felt very special because all of the attention was on me.
Some parents are at their wits end trying to stop siblings from teasing one another.
It is important to sit down with the whole family and talk about stuttering and teasing. Siblings need to be educated about stuttering and understand how unkind it is to tease someone for something over which they have little control. I met a mother who had a big problem with her older son teasing the younger one who stuttered. She sat down with the older son and explained that it was wrong to tease his brother about something he could not help. Despite the discussion and reprimands, the teasing continued.