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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t do it. I started K at 4 (December birthday) in a private so I could do public 1st at 5. K was fine.

The real $hit$how was 4th-10th. Academically, I was fine. But it SUCKS when you’re behind physically and socially during adolescence. Stupid things like shaving legs, getting my period, going places alone, watching R rated movies, dating, driving, working... I was behind in all that stuff. My parents kept treating me like x years old and my peers were x+1 or for boys x+2. My parents would freak out when I was 13 in 9th and had a 16 yo boyfriend who had a job and a car. They didn’t think that far ahead when they decided I was “ready for k” at 4. I also think being 17 going away to college was fine but not something I’d repeat. I never felt fully “caught up” until I took a year off between junior & senior year of college. [/quote]

Your parents should be concerned if you are 13 and dating a  16 year old.  That has nothing to do with what grade you are in.  Even if you are 14, you should not be dating a 16 year old.  Sound like good parents.

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NP. That sounds like a nice rule but try arguing with your 14 yo freshman or sophomore daughter about her junior boyfriend that she knows well because they have been in the same class together all year and they are in the same club together.  Yes, as a parent you can say no to whatever you want. She’s still going to date him behind your back. [/quote]

Sounds like you have given up on parenting.  [/quote]

Not at all. My kids aren’t the young ones. I’m a different poster. I’m speaking from experience and was a young freshman with a fall birthday dating the upperclassman. My parents gave my strict rules about when we had to be back on prom. I didn’t listen. Nothing bad happened but they were mad as hell that I didn’t come home and was out all night with an older guy and his friends. As a parent, I understand that now. [/quote]

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