I was reading the Skipping/Redshirting thread and noticing that a lot of people were talking about their kids being academically ready to be placed with older, redshirted classmates but not being on the same social level as the older kids yet. That makes total sense for a lot of kids.
But it got me started thinking on a tangent: How common is it for the kids here to be on the same social development level as their older academic peers? I know we talk sometimes about our kids liking to play with older kids when they are little, but what about as they age?
I ask because my DD-almost-12 is definitely on the same social level as her 8th grade classmates, even as they have all entered puberty and navigated the middle school years. And all the best friends of my 9 year old DS in 5th grade are all in 6th grade, so as they enter the middle school years the skip still continues to be socially appropriate.
How common is this? And if your child isn't grade skipped, have you found that he or she continues to find older best friends as they age and mature?
Just curious.
Last edited by mnmom23; 08/25/13 08:10 PM.
