We had DS4's parent teacher conference two weeks back and what came out of it left me wondering.
Since we haven't had DS tested, I am not sure if I understand his level of giftedness hence this post. On Ruf's level, he fits in level 4 or 5.
Now his teacher told us that he is very bright academically, but emotionally not mature enough so we should think of red-shirting him. As he is already reading (pretty much everything), writing, doing math, we are concerned if this is a good idea or not. We don't want him to get into trouble because of his emotional immaturity but at the same time we want him to be challenged academically.
Is redshirting of gifted kids a good idea, if they have a late summer birthday? What do you think?
