September Cut off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That may be the case. But I don't know what she will be like at 14. I do know what she is like now. I can't make decisions now for things that might happen when she is 14. Her psychologist agrees we made the right decision and even says acceleration may be desirable in the future. Redshirting/being old for grade is NOT always desirable for ALL children.

I think the thing that gets me is that nothing is absolute in this life. I've seen more issues with girls because of parents divorcing and/or absent fathers than being the oldest or youngest in class but there are lots of people, myself included, that have had parents with a difficult marriage situation and manage to have our stuff mostly together as adults. You can also have siblings - raised by the same parents, turn out very differently. So in the grand scheme of things - who knows what will be when the PP's daughter is 14. You can only deal with the here and now and make the best decision at the time.