Also, I'd love to hear any stories from others who had kids who were reluctant to grade skip, whether you ended up doing it or not, and how it turned out. I do want to listen to my kid, but it's also a big decision to leave in the hands of a barely 6 year old.
Our DD ended up skipping two grades in all, 2nd and 6th. When we first approached her about skipping from 1st to 3rd grade, her initial reaction was to be against the skip. Since our IAS meeting was on the last day of the school year, we told DD that no decision was going to be made today. Instead she was to think about it and let us know if she had any questions and that we would talk about it in a month. Three weeks later, she came up to us and said she thought about it and decided she was ready.
I'm glad she came around on her own, and for the second skip she was on board from the get go. We probably would have coerced her into the first skip somehow, but I'm happier she bought into it on her own.
Best of luck,
--S.F.
