I am the parent who did not grade skip my child and felt it was the right decision. However, the school has NOT differentiated work for him or met his academic needs in ANY way. The only reason I feel it was the right decision for him is because he is very immature and it would have been a disaster socially. Due to his personality, we had no good options. If he had been mature for his age, I would have certainly grade skipped him. My daughters previous school strongly recommended a grade skip for her, but because she is so shy and already young for her grade, we denied it. I very much regret that decision because now she is even more shy as she feels that she does not fit in with her class since she is so far ahead of them. However she is at a new school that will not grade skip:( As long as your child is emotionally mature enough to handle the new grade she will be in, she may feel more comfortable with them since they are closer to her cognitive level.
