Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Kids that are young for their class and testing

I guess it really doesn't compute for me to consider "holding back" a child who is gifted-- no matter when his/her birthday happens to be.

Those of us with kids who have SUMMER birthdays are, in fact, a bit fortunate in that it's almost an automatic freebie in terms of "acceleration" given how common redshirting has become. For this reason, my DD is among academic peers that range from 3 to 5 years older than she is. If her birthday were in the fall, it'd be more like 2-4y.

I just don't see the disadvantage. But then again, I'd be WAY happier to have my daughter not be "the top student" in every one of her classes. And usually she is.