Causes of stuttering

I am often asked the question:

"What causes people to develop a stutter?"

An interesting question wouldn't you say?

Growing up, even though I preferred to spend the majority of my time attempting to find a stuttering cure, I was still intrigued to find out why and how I had developed a stutter. You can read further information about this by clicking on the link below:

http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk/My_life_as_a_stammerer.html

I have a number of e-mails from people who are worried that their children might in some way "catch or copy" their stutter and therefore develop a stutter in this way. We all know how damaging our own speech impediment has been and therefore would not wish a stutter on any person let alone our children.

Other people have told me that they developed a stutter after being involved in some form of scary incident, such as a car crash. The stutter seemingly developed due to some form of shock reaction.