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I think that in many cases, the children within our own families take up so much of our time that we don't have time to advocate for all. But in some cases it happens anyway. If you successfully advocate for say a multi grade skip in a district that has never done it before, you set a precedence for the next child that comes along. Hopefully those parents won't have to fight quite so hard.

The school my DS6 is in has been very honest with me regarding my son's "guinea pig" status. They've never done several of the things that they're doing with him but they are paying attention as to what works so that it can be implemented district wide. So in a way my son and I are advocating for the whole district.