After reading the posts I feel better about this decision, for now.
We'll see what happens going forward.
Oh good, I'm glad I made someone feel
better. LOL!
Dottie--thanks for your support! It was actually hard to dredge up some of those yucky feelings. My hope is that it is helpful to some and not too troublesome to others.
I had originally vowed not to even mention my feelings about my own skip on a gifted board. I can see how much everyone agonizes over the decisions they make for their kids and I didn't want anyone who had skipped their child to worry any more than they already had.
Anyway, I think the social stuff is big, especially for girls. It is not about being teased; it was about losing key relationships that mean a lot to girls that age. If you don't have those key relationships in the grade you are leaving, then it's easier to imagine it will go well.
DS, who is in 6th and goes to algebra with advanced 8th, told me last night from a social perspective that he would rather be with the 6th graders who both tease him AND enjoy him than be with the eighth graders who do neither. He feels like he is a real part of his 6th grade class and just tolerated in the 8th class. He's fine with being with them one class a day, but he would not want to be there all day. He and I had not talked about my skip much before, but I really thought his perspective on a potential skip for him (he's been offered one)summed up my feelings about my own skip.
