With the caveat that all kids are different...
I am terrified. I read all the threads here and lots of studies but still very uneasy about it. I am not even sure why I am so scared.
Oh man. I was/am so there. Our DD, now 15, skipped 2nd and 6th grade. Even now that she is an extremely successful post-11/pre-12th grader, who is thriving at school - I still have those worries that I have already or am going to mess things up for my kiddo. I think those fears will continue to be around until post-college. And the kicker is almost all of the stories I can tell you are positive ones.
Socially - she totally fits in with the class of 2017 (especially the nerds/geeks). Heck, even she says that she is the most mature of her friend group. At age 14, she was picked to be drum major for the marching band (and will be the returning drum major for this year).
Academically - she just finished 11th grade and she has enough credit hours to graduate. She actually has acquired more right now than most of the graduating seniors did. And I should point out, her mother and I are not forcing her in this - she just cannot fathom not taking every single class you can cram into your schedule - and for her the best part of summer is the JHU-CTY Intensive Studies camp.
Kids who were great candidates for one grade skip are often (especially when the grade skip occurred in elementary) great candidates for a second grade skip. My DD15 was, and it sounds like your DD10 may also be. By the end of HS, you may look back and think she could have even skipped a third time (though, for us, self-selecting classes in HS has allowed for adding rigor without doing another skip).
For me the worry of making the wrong choice has not gone away, luckily I am even more fearful of holding my kid back from being successful. Though I will say, when DD was in 8th grade and took three HS classes, it was really trippy for me to drop my 11 year old off at the high school and see seniors with full beards walking into school at the same time.
PM me if you want - I have lots of stories I could share, but I've probably typed plenty already.
Best of luck,
-S.F.
