Stuttering In Toddlers

Sen. Paul Calls TSA Official 'Clueless'

Most Americans Agree with Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) that citizen’s right to travel is being violated by the federal government every day.  Searching of toddlers, infants and the elderly is a waste of resources and a concrete example of the federal government harassing American travellers.  Sen. Paul questioned Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) John Pistole in a Senate hearing of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.  Pistole’s answers to Sen. Paul’s questions should be of concern to those who love freedom and want reasonable policies implemented by the federal government to thwart aviation terrorism.

You’re missing the boat on terrorism because you’re doing these invasive searches on six-year old girls. Same week that this happened I got a call from another neighbor of mine in Bowling Green, a little boy had a broken foot and crutches. They didn’t want to go through all the screenings, so they took the crutches off and the cast and he wanted to hobble through on his broken foot. His dad was helping him. TSA said “back away, back away.” Then he had to go through the special search because he previously had a cast on, even though the cast went through the belt. When the dad comes close they say “back away, back away.” “If you don’t back away you won’t fly.” This kind of gets back to this whole idea of what are willing to do, what are we willing to give up as a country. In your interview with ABC News, you said “I see flying as a privilege.” There are those of us who see otherwise. The Supreme Court concluded in Saenz vs. Roe in 1999 says that although the word travel is not found in the text in the constitution, yet the constitutional right to travel from one state to another is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence. Justice Stewart went on to say in Shapiro vs. Thompson that the right to travel is so important that it is assertable against private interference as well as governmental action. A virtually unconditional constitutional right guaranteed by the Constitution to us all. This isn’t to say we don’t believe in safety procedures. But I think I feel less safe when you’re doing these invasive exams on a six-year old.

It makes me think you’re clueless, if you think she’s going to attack our country and you’re not doing your research on the people who want to attack our country. It absolutely must involve a risk assessment of those who are traveling. And the fact that she’s being patted down and I don’t feel comfortable really with your response that we are no longer doing random pat-downs. I think you ought to get rid of the random pat-downs. The American public is unhappy with them, they’re unhappy with the invasiveness of them. The Internet is full of jokes about the invasiveness of the pat-down searches and we ought to just consider, is this what we’re willing to do. The other thing is while we’re doing that there are examples of where we’ve had let-downs. When Faisal Shahzad got on the plane, the alleged Times Square bomber, he was on a watch list. Everybody said, “it was the airline that let us down.” Well he had to go through TSA screening. There were 10 hours, we ought to be able to react. Is the TSA looking at flight manifests? Doing background research of people getting on and off the planes? Are we targeting or looking at those who might attack us?

Dealing With Stuttering In Toddlers | Stop Bed Wetting Today

Parents may find their child unable to speak out clearly, due to some syllables and word sounds which are harder to pronounce. They might repeat the word many times or speak in a way that prolongs word sounds or syllables. This kind of speech pattern is known as stuttering and is considered one kind of dysfluency, which interrupts the flow of speech. Children may stutter in between the ages of two and five. In order to understand stuttering, one needs to know what the root cause is.

One of the factors that contribute to stuttering in toddlers is the genetic makeup of a child. It has been said that about 60% of those who stutter belong to a family whose members used to stutter. Another contributing factor is due to the development of a child. A child may stutter due to some developmental delays which then affect his or her language and speech. Biological circumstances are also a contributing factor because people’s brains differ in the processing of language. However, in most cases, the frequency of stuttering starts to decrease as the child begins with his school years. When children enter elementary grades, they begin to sharpen their communication skills.

Here are some characteristics of stuttering in toddlers:

? Often occurrences of sound and syllable repetition ? Tightness in speech muscles

Parents whose children show the above-mentioned signs of speech disorder may feel disappointed and sad but not all is lost. Here are some ways which parent can help:

? Initiate conversations. Make mealtimes a chance for everyone to share their thoughts and feelings. Communication is easier when a person can speak out according to experience and share it with people he or she loves.

? Be sensitive with your comments as they can either lift your child up, or bring them down. You may want to avoid saying “Take a deep breath” or “Slow Down” as these are some comments that may not be so encouraging someone who stutters.

? Maintain eye contact. This simple but powerful gesture will let your child know that you are interested in listening to what he has to say, despite his stuttering.

? Talk slowly. In this case, the child should have enough room to organize his thoughts and be able to manage talking and thinking appropriately.

? Allow the child to finish his sentences. Exercise patience and understanding. Your child is trying hard to tell you how he or she feels. Don’t end the conversation just because you can’t wait for him to sound out his words clearly and properly.

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