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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd put him in the grade that his age range falls in. Maybe his social problems are because hes too immature for the grade he's in.  I have a 5th grader and having social skill problems is a much bigger problem than academic problems. Doesn't matter how great he does academically, if he feels like nobody likes him and feels crappy about himself, nothing else will fall in place. Kids dont get kinder as they get older, quite the opposite. At this age, developing social skills trump everything.[/quote]

This post has good advice. I think it's more important for him to be placed with the correct age group. He will be more socially comfortable and thus able to do better academically. 
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The problem is there is correct age group.  He is either going to be younger or older with few kids in his age group (this was the only advantage when we went private as there were numerous fall birthdays so there was a true age group).  My kid is either always going to be the youngest or oldest.  Being the youngest, he learns to keep up academically and socially.  Given his genetics he may always be small so even if we held him back, he still might be the smallest either way.  That logic does not work.  As for social skills, some kids will do better being the oldest and some being the youngest.  If a child is able to rise to the challenge, having them the youngest with more mature kids gives them the example and they follow that.  Put them with younger kids and they act younger.  We've tried it both ways before pushing ahead.[/quote]

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