Acceleration starts to look like the only option in some scenarios . Years ago, I would have never considered some of the things we've done with DS. I would have seen them as risky and radical. Over the years, I have come to see them as necessary for him. I am much more open to whatever options are needed for him or DD as she gets older.
Yes.
One kind of radical idea that-- truly-- had never really crossed my mind until then was something that another parent (to a pair of HG+ teens) pointed out:
you do know that your child is entitled to TWELVE YEARS of appropriate education, right? NOT "twelve years of curriculum" but twelve school years of appropriate education.Still processing that one-- but I figured I'd throw it out there. Most parents are not going to be very well-equipped to advocate for that with a school system that isn't cooperative and frankly extraordinarily well-informed re: the needs of gifted learners... so yes, Davidson seems helpful ESPECIALLY in those kinds of situations, IMO.
