Originally Posted by kelly0523
My DD8 is a perfectionist. She likes to do her best at everything she does. She is not challenged with her school curriculum and that does not bother her because she wants to be the smartest kid and the best at what she does.


This was me to a "T," and it set me up for disaster when I was finally confronted with real challenge in law school. My advice is skip a grade, change schools, homeschool--do whatever it takes to make her school curriculum challenging. Don't let being the "smartest kid" become your daughter's (paper thin) identity or source of self-confidence--because sooner or later, there will always be someone smarter, and your daughter needs to learn to see that as a challenge and opportunity for growth rather than a threat.