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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand the “stay kids longer” thread on here.  Kids hit puberty at way different times.  For some kids, I can see “staying a kid longer” but the kids who are shaving and menstruating by 7th grade are just no longer kids.  They want different things entirely.  Keeping them kids longer is absolutely the opposite of what they want. [/quote]

It has nothing to do with puberty, that's nuts. 
Sixth graders who have hit puberty (which is most, IME) are not adults or even young adults. They're kids. They need to play and be silly. They need appropriate scaffolding for academic and study skills. [/quote]

Some kids, especially by 7th and 8th, are ready for more. Yes they need to have fun. But they're sometimes kind of over the "be silly" thing, and they're sometimes ready for *less* scaffolding and more taking pride in their own abilities, responsibilities, and independence. [b]There's a wide range of typical and appropriate maturity levels for this age group and that's okay. If too many of the other kids at a small school are still in kid mode or even sort of immature or need social and behavioral scaffolding, that can be less enjoyable and less growth-supporting for the kid who happens to be more mature[/b].[/quote]

YES; my kid! My 7th grader is notably more mature than classmates and is suffering from that. It is already a small toxic social group, adding the "be silly"  immature behavior has turned to a miserable experience for DC. 
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Yes. Is it "silly" or is it immaturity, being spoiled, or undiagnosed ADD? Then there's the pressure on the more mature kids to befriend and spend time with the less mature kids despite their behavior. And there aren't enough more-mature kids to make a social community that's appropriate to their maturity level.[/quote]

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