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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents did this to me, actually. It was slightly different because I'd skipped a grade, so they were actually putting me back on track. Academically, skipping was the right choice and I was still doing well even a year ahead. Socially, it was a catastrophe.

I wasn't a "mature" kid in 5th grade anyway, and absolutely held on to childish things longer than many of my peers. I was also small, and developing slowly. The combination of "too smart for my own good," immature, and physically small was a perfect storm.

In my case, yes, it was boring to repeat a grade, but the social "reset" was 100% worth it. [/quote]

Same, I skipped 3rd grade and went right from 2nd to 4th. I was already somewhat young for grade (summer birthday) and there were kids in my class who were literally 2 full years older than I was. It was a disaster (although I did fine academically). My parents fought for me to do 4th grade again and I stayed in that graduating class.

We had a preK-6 Montessori school in my town and it was not uncommon for a few summer birthday kids to essentially repeat 6th grade when they got through Montessori. I know the grades aren’t analogous in Montessori vs. public/other traditional school, but they were summer birthdays and of an age where they could go to 7th grade, but instead they went to 6th. [/quote]

It depends on the kid.  I have a young middle schooler and because of interests they hang out with kids the next grade up.  No big deal.  Kids are going to have a 2 year span with redshirting.  [/quote]

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