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Originally posted by MT_Butterfly
That's true, it's all about knowing your child and also the school system you're dealing with.
I honestly feel that kids need to be kids...they should be allowed time to play and goof off. There is so much pressure on them already by the time they start school, there is no point in adding any more pressure. I guess it's all about finding balance, teaching kids responsibility, while allowing them to be human, make mistakes and encouraging them to achieve to the best of their ability.
No one ever said being a parent was easy and I still haven't found the "user's manual" that should of came with each of my 4 kids. But every second with your kids is SO worth it!
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Totally agree, it comes to knowing your child and trying not to impose how you would feel but how they would feel. If you were a shy child and would have found going into a higher grade dreadful, but your child is outgoing, confident, and likes older kids they may think of going into a higher grade completely differently from how you would have when you were a child.
Probably at kindergarten it's too early to tell? Maybe wait a year or two to see before pushing her into a higher grade, because kids are learning things like responsibility and 'sitting still' in those grades (I had tought time with regiment). In later years I wouldn't have minded being put in a grade or two higher. I always ran with the older boys anyway because they seemed to know more and were more interesting.