Originally Posted by cookiemom
So, two questions I'd love some thoughts on:
1) can parents of kids who've been through this validate her logic? Do young kids do fine accelerated in math until the concepts get abstract, and then hit a wall until their brains mature a bit more?

Kids hit develop abstract reasoning skills at different ages. The age that many children think abstractly may have nothing to do with your son - he may already be there. We radically accelerated in math. Well into college math I can report that for our child there were no downsides at all. There was never a wall or if there was he gingerly hopped right over it and nobody even noticed.

The decision to accelerated should be made on an individual basis looking at your son's abilities and performance. Age should have nothing to do with it.