My worry there is how much pressure it puts on that first family and what happens if it doesn't work out:
"Well, we tried it once and it failed [perhaps because of personality of the child or something totally unrelated to anyone else who might come along later], so we'll never try again."
We heard this in one educational situation, and though she allowed him in the class, I wish she hadn't. It turned out that she had decided sight-unseen that DS7 wasn't going to fit in her math class. Guess what? She was right!
He's now in a different math class in the exact same age range, and it's going swimmingly! The difference? The teacher hadn't ever had a bad experience with any other accelerated child.
Trailbreakers are WONDERFUL when they actually break trails; they're less nice for those who come after when things don't go well...
