Finishing Your Child's Sentences ft. Drew & Stephanie Fleming

Mama Sanchez used to finish David’s sentences when he stuttered. He liked it. It wasn’t until adulthood that both of them learned that speech therapists and stuttering organizations recommend against this. In the first “Quality Family Time” they share their experiences, rationales, and ideological growth in how they think about finishing sentences for people who stutter. They also “Imagine If” they stopped stuttering today and how their lives would be different.Guests Drew and Stephanie Fleming join the show for the second QFT segment. Drew discusses his experiences of stuttering through elementary school, then having it disappear in middle school… only for his stutter to return in high school. Stephanie talks about her own growth as a mother and advocate for a son that stutters. Drew and Stephanie bring the hilarity in an improv (and potential therapy?) game of “Finish My Sentence” that ends with David and Mama Sanchez screaming ridiculous phrases at one another.-----Drew Fleming is a 20 year old college student from Maple Valley, WA.  He is an avid movie watcher and comic book reader when he's not working at his job at Chick-Fil-A. Stephanie Fleming is a stay at home mom to Drew and Davis.  She has been married to Kevin for 22 years.  Stephanie is originally from South Carolina, which will be very obvious as soon as she starts talking.