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[quote=Anonymous][quote] No way. And he won’t do any better socially. Many gifted kids struggle socially because they can’t relate to kids who are so different from them intellectually. Being with younger kids isn’t going to help.[/quote]

This was not our experience at all.

OP, my DS has a late fall birthday and we had him repeat a grade in middle school.  He switched from our local public school (where he had literally received only As) to a private school, and we decided it was a good time to repeat. After agonizing over the decision, we concluded that repeating a year did not put him behind in any way (at worst, it was just a detour), and we hoped that because the curriculums did not totally overlap he would still learn new things (and this is what happened).  Our decision was based totally on his social/emotional maturity - he was not drastically lagging socially, but as he got older we noticed it more.  It was absolutely the best decision for him, and he told us that himself in high school.  He was valedictorian of  his high school class and went to an Ivy League college.

When we were considering it, a friend told us that you never meet anyone who regrets having their kid repeat, you only hear of people who regret not doing it.  We never once regretted our decision after making it.[/quote]

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