Thanks for starting this thread. It is still a question that comes up for me. I am not really concerned about my child's competitiveness post-skip in his class at his school. I am somewhat concerned about how he does compared to other GT kids who take certain tests or participate in talent searches or competitions. For example, if we had not skipped our son, his Explore tests would have been much more impressive, but since he is compared with others who took the test in his grade, some of whom have not been skipped, there is a difference. My kiddo is just 9 now and doesn't care much if anything about Explore or other tests at this stage, so I'm not really concerned about it that much. But it is something to consider.
