You seem to be thinking about the right things. My DD is all about her friends but sometimes as parents we have to look at the big picture and you seem to be doing that. I just wanted to add that statistically speaking, most of the kids are closer to the bottom of the cutoff than the very top.....
Also, wrt homework. I agree with the poster above about perfectionism, bad planning or whatever. One person's 15 minutes can take another 2 hours for who knows what reasons. We have run into that comparison. I know that the Middle School kids in our area have a homework learning curve just due to the fact that many elementary teachers in our area don't prepare them by giving homework....But they will learn to be more efficient.
Last edited by lilswee; 10/14/11 11:47 AM. Reason: added thoughts
