Been There - Done That

This is a place for those who are no longer teens to offer encouragement or advice about anything in particular - such as starting college, dating, getting a job, deciding on a career, finding a mentor, sticking it out in therapy - or quitting, etc.

Looking Back and Looking Forward: It Gets Easier by Alan Badmington (Wales) Anita Blom (Sweden), Moussa Dao (Burkina Faso, Africa), Paul Goldstein (Norway), Lieven Grommen (Belgium), Andrew Harding (UK), Russ Hicks (USA), Mike Hughes (Canada), Marty Jezer (USA), Barak Liberman (Israel), Gunars Neiders (USA), Louis Roden (USA), David Shapiro (USA), and Charles Van Riper (deceased, USA)

It's Good To Talk About It by Alan Badmington (Wales)	A New Day by Anita Blom (Sweden)
When I was Eleven - by Andrew Harding (England)	Live Your Dreams! - by Paul Goldstein (Norway)
Words I wish an adult who stutters had told me when I was a child - by Barak Liberman (Israel)	Cross That Bridge - by Lieven Grommen (Belgium)
Class Reunions - by Russ Hicks (Texas, USA)	Fuhgeddaboutit - by Mike Hughes (Canada) .
Shame - by Marty Jezer (USA)	Be Yourself - by Moussa Dao (Burkina Faso, Africa)
The Tears Will Fade by Louis Roden (California, USA)	Just the Way You Are - by David Shapiro (North Carolina, USA)
Like Yourself, Believe in Yourself, and Work Hard to Reach Your Goals - by Gunars Neiders (Washington, USA)	A Message from Charles Van Riper - by Charles Van Riper (deceased, USA)

• Andy Floyd talks about dating, starting college and finding a major.
• Asim Khan My Life as a Student
• Lee Reeves Her Name Was Mrs. Claussen - And She Cared, first published in The Staff, October 1992.
• Kelly Snow encourages other teens to attend the NSP conventions.
• Dan Wong Struggle for Acceptance, an essay written for his freshman English class.
• Letters to my daughter were written by a dad who stutters for his daughter who also stutters.
  • Why kids make fun of other kids
  • What is confdence?
  • Don't let stuttering hold you back
  • How you react to how others react
  • Different types of treatments/therapies
  • Where you "fit"
• Some Paths to Success: Journeys Shared by Adults Who Stutter.
  • Louis Roden - Executive Vice President of Human Resources for RealEstate.com
  • Jim McClure - Public Relations'
  • Read the updates from Christopher Kessler who wrote to this page 20 years ago as a 16 year old and who is now 36 years old and a successful state legislator in Maine
  • Looking for a Little Hope by Christopher Kessler, age 16 with updates 10 and 20 years later!