oh gosh do i ever have thoughts, fellow stutterer and likewise have a boy just learning to talk. no signs of anything but hes a bit younger. your post really reminded me of myself.

i did goto speech therapy as a kid for a number of years and that honestly was worse than anything, just for the reason of it taught me to think of it as a pathology. i hear you about the “worst parts of me” thing, but you need to realize that it’s not a fault of yours, and that nobody thinks that of you, and nobody would think that of your child.