>I don't know... I had some of the best times of my life in high school. I would hate to have missed that and I would hate to deprive my kids of that chance.

But it's not that simple for everyone. For some kids, even when they're the same age as their classmates, social stuff is just hard.

As a parent, you have to balance the whole equation.

Tamar

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>>I started school when I was 4 and graduated HS at 15. I finally settled on a Math degree in college (started as a Mechanical Engineering major and realized I like the math better) in 1985. With Dad being in the Air Force, we moved around a lot, I never had problems making acquaintences in school, but yeah, high school was pretty much a zero socially for me but that wasn't why I was there. I think if I'd waited until the 'usual' age to start school I'd have been more bored out of my skull than I was. All my teachers learned, very quickly, that it was just safer to leave me reading my library book as I'd probably already finished the assignment 3 weeks ago.
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>>Obviously your daughter is working above high school level, so unless SHE wants to stay back in high school, why make her?
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>>>>How did that go for you once you were in college? My daughter could have graduated already but I make her continue to take high school courses because she is only 16. I keep her in high school and plan to until she turns 17. I'm trying for 17 1/2. Right now she is taking courses online. The workload is much greater and it requires a greater time investment but the instructors are all Duke Professors (what enticed me to start her in that program). When I was in school I skipped a grade and I'm not sure the early graduation is always best. I have a niece who is a member of Mensa and she graduated at 16. She is now 30 and only just recently settled on a career. She has multiple degrees and quit to become an electrician. She has engineering degrees (among others) for Pete's sake. She was in college the entire time since highschool.
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>>>In college, it wasn't bad, except that I commuted to Penn, which was really a residential school (5-10% commuters), so I have no lasting friendships from college.
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>>>Junior high and high school were pretty much a disaster socially.
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>>>Academically, I did well in college and took a broad range of courses, but I really bloomed when I got to grad school.
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>>>Tamar