((hugs)) Val -

My least favorite one: We can't skip him because we skipped a boy like him 10 years ago, and the parents said it was the worst mistake they ever made.

My retorts:
1) maybe you didn't skip him enough? Any kid that you noticed was ahead enough to need a skip, may well have needed subject accelerations as well, or radical acceleration.
2) maybe this kid would be miserable in formal school no matter what - lets check in with him in 10 more years, ok?
3) I promise to never blame you for any bad effect of this skip - and I'll put it in writing. I'm the parent.

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