my son skipped 2nd this year, it was sort of tough. He asked us last year, saying he was bored and the kids did really understand him. We weren't sure he was really emotionally ready for it, and we thought maybe we would wait until he was a little older. But he pushed it so this summer we had a meeting and he was put ahead.
And then he had COLD feet. So the first couple of weeks of school he floundered.... but the school he goes to went through this huge population shift and many of the kids he was friends with have left the school. So even if he went back to 2nd, he wouldn't know a lot of the kids.
He is finally getting it together and starting to make friends and feel comfortable. There is a boy in his class that is gifted, and they seem to get along right off. And then there is a boy he know from his one of the reading enrichment things he did last year. See if you can find out if she has connections to any kids in the class she is going into, maybe they were in a enrichment program?
To answer your question: yes we did have to sort of sell it to him once he was in the class.
But I have on more then one occasion when I am picking him up, I've heard comments about him. Kids will point and say to their parents, "That's the kids, he is now in 3rd, and he is doing really good" It's never a negative, but I know he hears it, he pretends not to... so there will be kids who say things about your daughters. At least they have each other, they will both be going though sort of the same thing.
Last edited by ienjoysoup; 09/27/08 02:22 AM.
