Quote Originally Posted by Robyn Maislin
I've had some extremely bright kids who did not skip a grade and now are flourishing in HS, with all kinds of advanced classes and activities, college courses, etc.
I think this is important to recognize -- schools today offer so much more than the schools most of us went to.

And as others have pointed out, even if your daughter gets temporary improvement by skipping forward right now, if she's truly gifted she may end up unchallenged later anyway. Combine feeling unchallenged and not fitting in academically AND due to her age, and you may have doublt trouble.

Or there's the other (possibly more likely) possibility. She could end up in gifted classes, younger than others who are just as smart as she is.

I'm not at all sure that just because a four-year-old likes older friends translates to a 14-year-old having 16-year-olds as her peers, and not having any probs.

Only you can make the decision, of course. And you're getting really good feedback from people who have had experience in all directions, and people with different opinions.

This is a great forum, isn't it?