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[quote=Anonymous]We are also not in Fairfax County, and my kid is three years ahead in math and seven years ahead in English. She skipped a grade, which helped a lot, but came with the expected issues -- the other kids have phones and mature interests, and they are also starting to go through puberty. She is still more childlike, and it shows. It's better now than if she hadn't skipped a grade, but even though she could easily skip another, we are not going to go for it because it would widen the social gap further.

I don't think there are any easy answers. We supplement math and have plans to supplement in English, but she is simply not the exact equivalent of a child who is three or seven years older. She's barely a preteen. The supplementation is mostly to make sure that she doesn't spend her elementary years coasting and thereby losing the opportunity to build a decent work ethic. We try to follow her interests, and help along her friendships, but she is just different, there is no getting around it.

That said, she is cheerful, healthy, and unconditionally loved. We receive compliments on her maturity and good manners. I hope that she finds her interests and her people, but I don't think that will really happen until she enters university.[/quote]

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