Would you consider skipping your child a grade? (NT)

Yes

Skipping a grade

I skipped 3rd grade as a child and I think it worked out fine. My parents let me be the one to decide, which seems maybe odd b/c I was so young. I must admit my decision at the time was largely based on me having a crush on the boy in the grade above me, and wanting to be done with school that much sooner. I think that skipping a grade might have made me hate math too b/c I had to learn my timestables over the summer while my brother was outside playing. I think it just depends on the maturity level of your child and the grade he or she would be skipping. If you think your child would benefit more than not from skipping, I say do it. All in all, I think it's a good thing to do if your child isn't feeling challenged. Hope that helped.

[SueC]

I think I would if they weren't feeling challenged and if socially I thought they would blend in with the class above them. If my child were really shy and I thought it would be hard for them to make new friends with an older crowd I'd probably decide not to and try to find other ways to challenge them.

[Michele]

Nope. My parents were approached about skipping me a grade, but I think that there's a lot of social learning that gets lost when a child skips a grade...even in the younger grades.

Michele

Probably not unless the child was "older" for the grade already. I was very young in all of my classes. . .was still 17/almost 18 when I started college and for whatever odd reason, I had a huge complex about being the "baby"! It doesn't bother me now at all, of course! All of my friends have hit the big 3-0 and I am still in my "twenties"! Like Sue mentioned, I would try to find alternative outlets to challenge the child.

Interesting question.... not something that I would have thought about to tell you the truth. I don't believe that I would skip my child ahead. When I was in grade school, I remember kids being held back for numerous reasons. But never recall anyone being skipped ahead.
I agree that there are many social skills learned with kids grouped in the same age and it could be difficult to a younger child to mix it up with the older kids.

my untested 2 cents

I don't think I would either. My 1st grader can easily do his sister's work (2nd grade) and was approved to be moved to an accelerated program at another school, but DH and I decided against it. We can challenge him at home with other work but we can't accelerate him socially.

DH was also approved to skip a grade in elementary school but after a discussion with his mom, he wanted to be with his friends. There are alot of talented and gifted programs these days that can challenge children in their same grade level, too.