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6 year old son keeps getting kicked out of school
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 701142" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Be careful pushing him ahead 2 grades. My brother skipped 2 grades and it ended up in disaster. He graduated high school 2 mos after his 16th birthday and then went into college. At 16 he could NOT handle it. My parents had to be super strict and even that didn't help. He finally moved into a dorm, gambled and drank day and night and flunked out of college. Or at least flunked badly enough that our parents wouldn't pay for it and asked him to leave shortly after his 18th birthday. He went to the Army, made it for 2 years but even that didn't help him mature. He really gave my parents a LOT of problems mostly because he just wasn't ready to be in control of his life the way you are after high school. So think hard about enrolling him in 3rd grade as a 6yo. Academics are not everything, and if he goes into school at any time, he will be the youngest and WILL be bullied. It is almost inevitable. I have mixed feelings on skipping 1 year, but 2 is just too much developmentally. He may be ready for the academics, but he won't cope with the social stuff well.</p><p></p><p>Fyi, I hate Texas schools. From people I know who moved because of the schools, they seem to go out of their way to skirt around sp ed law and to avoid giving services even after agreeing to them in IEPs. It is often a drawn out and costly battle for the parents and the kids are the ones who lose. We turned down excellent job opportunities in TX because of the schools, for whatever that is worth. Learn Sped law and become vocal about making them follow every part of it. Esp the part about deadlines, measurable goals and following the IEP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 701142, member: 1233"] Be careful pushing him ahead 2 grades. My brother skipped 2 grades and it ended up in disaster. He graduated high school 2 mos after his 16th birthday and then went into college. At 16 he could NOT handle it. My parents had to be super strict and even that didn't help. He finally moved into a dorm, gambled and drank day and night and flunked out of college. Or at least flunked badly enough that our parents wouldn't pay for it and asked him to leave shortly after his 18th birthday. He went to the Army, made it for 2 years but even that didn't help him mature. He really gave my parents a LOT of problems mostly because he just wasn't ready to be in control of his life the way you are after high school. So think hard about enrolling him in 3rd grade as a 6yo. Academics are not everything, and if he goes into school at any time, he will be the youngest and WILL be bullied. It is almost inevitable. I have mixed feelings on skipping 1 year, but 2 is just too much developmentally. He may be ready for the academics, but he won't cope with the social stuff well. Fyi, I hate Texas schools. From people I know who moved because of the schools, they seem to go out of their way to skirt around sp ed law and to avoid giving services even after agreeing to them in IEPs. It is often a drawn out and costly battle for the parents and the kids are the ones who lose. We turned down excellent job opportunities in TX because of the schools, for whatever that is worth. Learn Sped law and become vocal about making them follow every part of it. Esp the part about deadlines, measurable goals and following the IEP. [/QUOTE]
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