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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really think this depends on the child.  Are we really talking about a kid in the top 5 percentile?  Are they advanced in both math and reading and writing? Have you talked to the principal of the school?  Are there other children similarly advanced?  I read somewhere about Jeff Bezos as a child being incredibly advanced.  They basically gave him some independent projects but kept him with his cohort so he learned social skills.  Personally I think some parents get siderailed by their child's ability and sometimes miss the whole child part.[/quote]

I think this is a very pertinent question.  BASIS feeds on parents who think their kids need to go 100 mph faster than the general population.  Based on the attrition rate, it is clear that the strategy fails many kids, while a handful do extraordinarily well.

We have two kids, with very different needs.  The older one is 2e, and moves along much faster than testing had predicted.  In his case, moving up with his intellectual maturity would be disastrous, because he does not have the social maturity to go along with it.

Our other child probably could accelerate comfortably, but he is calmer and more driven.  He likely falls into the category that psychologists talk about being more apt to succeed though younger than his peers.  We are still hesitant to do this, though, because the "child" part is so important.  Why does this kid have to go to college a year sooner?  Get a job a year sooner?  Because he MIGHT do something great?

Both my wife and I (funny how that happens) started school are year younger than our peers, and graduated a further year younger, starting college at 16.  Intellectually, we both did fine.  But, we sure could have used the extra time to grow up.  Then again, I'd probably still be the nutcase I am now, so who knows???

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