Okay all, I'm going to apologize in advance and barge right in on Cathy's thread since I see myself and child in a similar situation.
"Of course, if his needs are not being met and he is miserable in his current situation than I guess I would be doing what you are doing."
Bianca, interestingly, my older DD looks a lot better on paper to GS, but DD5 is the one that I would push for at this point if it came right down to it.
She is a late June BD and one of the youngest. She is HG compared with PG older sister. She is far less mature than older sister was at this age. Indeed, she appears immature compared to grademates at times. I've actually questioned myself quite a bit because even to myself it seems confusing as to why I would push for DD5 and not for DD8.
Basically, I'm looking at all the info and the whole picture for both girls and my gut is telling me younger DD's situation is more likely to head for disaster. Personality. Teacher mismatch. No good fit in the 1st grade teacher pool. Rejects agemates and only wants to play with sister and sister's friends.
And, you know, I've never seen it from a perspective of competing with older kids in the next grade.
It just seems like a more realistic fit, even though it shouldn't. I know that's a little abstract, does it kind of make sense?
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