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[quote=Anonymous]My parents were in exactly your situation with me, even with the December birthday and personality. They moved me as recommended. It was a mistake that had lifelong consequences. I was academically far ahead, but socially it was awful. I was bullied terribly. It took me years of therapy to undo the damage. I was very vulnerable throughout school.

By the time I was in third grade my parents had realized their mistake but couldn't undo it as I was too far ahead academically. My sister, similar profile and birthdate, had the same request from a different school. My parents refused. As adults we have talked and while she suffered the usual stings of children being mean, she wasn't bullied anywhere near the level that I was. We have both been successful so it's not like I developed any special grit or anything through my experience.

My DC (junior in HS) is one of the oldest. Some years he was "redshirted" because as we moved, his birthday went back and forth over different cutoffs. It was shocking to me to see up close what it's like for a child to go through education without viewing school as a gauntlet to be run every day. He liked his peers in school and didn't fear them. He didn't hide in the library or the bathroom. It's been eye-opening. [/quote]

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