Selective Mutism in Children: A Parent’s Manual on Guidance and Support

For other parents, watching their child go silent in certain situations is bewildering and alarming. At home, they will speak freely, but as they enter a classroom or encounter the unfamiliar face of someone new, they lose the use of words. It’s not being stubborn, rude, or poor parenting—it is usually Selective Mutism (SM), the […]