Show Stammering 0 Often Caused by Parents Parent's Emotional lal Upset By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Personal experiences with a stammering stammering stammering stam stam- mering child are always of value t to others with a similar problem The Th source of a childs child's nervousness is Your Baby not always easy to uncover when a mother finds it as close as herself this his discovery should be illuminating illuminat illuminat- ing ng to mothers Mrs M. M L. L P. P writes I would like ike to tell you my experiences experience with the stammering of my son now nine years of age He began suddenly at about 2 years though before that he had been talking plainly Nervous Origin I wrote to you and I consulted my doctor and also visited our city library All seemed to agree that tha the he trouble was of nervous origin We Ve did manage so that he did no not Mothers may have the leaflet on What Mothers Can Do About Stammering for sending sending send send- ing a cent 3 stamped envelope to Myrtle Meyer Eldred Your Baby and Mine line department in m care of The Salt Lake Tele Tele- gram become self conscious about hi his speech though he got so he could coul barely arely talk at all and I continued to o hunt for the root of the trouble As I was the one he was with constantly I decided that it mus muse must be e I. I I checked on myself and am ashamed to confess that I found fount myself nagging him constantly Sometimes I 1 had regular brainstorms brainstorms brain brain- storms terms when I scolded him Stopped Suddenly I got hold of myself rested more and nd made myself take more recreation recreation tion on away from him The stammerIng stammerIng stammer- stammer Ing ng stopped suddenly just the way it had begun I 1 would advise mothers moth- moth ers era rs of stammering children who whore are re overworked tired and nervous to o check up on themselves It is hard lard to admit that one is at fault but ut confession in this instance may help someone else This is excellent counsel The busy mother is often emotionally upset and her nervousness is communicated communicated com corn to the growing child A mother does not have to tell a achild achild child she is nervous he knows il ily it by y her voice her treatment her handling Exposed to such an influence in- in fluence the child not knowing how to o please her d develops a nervousness nervousness nervous nervous- nervous nervous- ness which may be evidenced by bys his s unstable speech |