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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a tough call for me at all - everything and anything she could learn now she can also learn later...except social maturity, a secure basis of emotional and psychological health. There is no need for her to go right now. It will benefit her in the long run to have had that extra year (which really isn't an extra year, it should be normal to start school at 6).[/quote] I'm one of the PPs, but I have to say that this PP has put it really well. Social skills and a sense of belonging really do create a "secure basis of emotional and psychological health." As an intellectually gifted, but socially immature child, I struggled for years. It really sucks to be out of sync both intellectually and socially. There's no down side to holding your child back a year. If, at some point, you feel that she's caught up in her social/emotional development, you can always consider accelerating her academically then. [/quote]
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