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[quote=Anonymous]I was a bright four-year-old who was put ahead (born after the cutoff, tested easily ahead, very early reader, parents worried I'd be bored, socially just fine at the time). It was fine academically; I excelled and went to an excellent college. However, it was very difficult socially and emotionally through MS and HS. I was just too young. My younger sister who was as bright, and also behind the cutoff, was not put ahead because we'd moved by then and it wasn't an option. She also excelled academically, was no more bored than I was with school, also went to an excellent college, but had a much easier time socially and emotionally.

Maybe you'll get a kid who knows how to "act old" and won't struggle socially. But I didn't know how to act old, and it was very difficult. My parents say now they wish they had not sent me ahead and I agree with them.

In any case, until ADHD diagnoses stop being correlated so strongly with being one of the youngest in the class, I wouldn't do it. Obviously something is screwed up in our educational system for that to be the case, but unfortunately I can't fix it with my kids. [/quote]

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