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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look up greenshirting if you have a gifted child.[/quote]

A greenshirted gifted child is going to have a hard to time getting recognized for their intelligence. If they're developmentally a year ahead but are learning alongside kids a year older them, they're not going to do any better than them, which will create the illusion that they have average intelligence.[/quote]

And I would think this experience of being “average” would be good for a gifted child. If you are the smartest kid in the class from day one of K, good luck avoiding the pressure that comes with that expectation. A gifted kid who is young but advanced doesn’t have to be the smartest in the class until a few years in. I’d think that might be a plus.[/quote]

If you are smart, holding back makes even less sense as you are not being placed in a developmentally appropriate peer group or academics.  You aren't being held to the standard expected by your age group.  Parents who say their kid are more mature, really don't recognize they are less mature than their peers as they are a year younger.r[/quote]

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