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It is an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time. The child might feel out of place because his classmates are not his age. Most of the time, "accelerated" in school is just one year up the ladder. This is the most common. The age gap is not that big.

However there are those children with intelligence (IQ) and learning capacity that are way over the charts. They won't fit in the supposed level of education at their age because the materials are just beyond them. These are the ones who are promoted and skip several grades beyond their age.

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those kids that can be considered as "prodigy" gets accelerated actually sometimes way too far. I remember one incident reported before about a 13-year old who is already in college. For me that's really a young age to be in college. It might really affect the kids social life.

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one thing we can do is to create a environment where the kid des not feel any harm to be smarer than others. come to think of it if they are smarter then they would rather study than play. funny aint it?

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that's pretty boring. I mean, maybe I'd prefer my child to have a normal childhood and a "normal" life... Normal in a sense that she/he gets to experience what other kids experience. For me being street smart or being smart to life in general is much more important rather than just being smart academically.

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that's pretty boring. I mean, maybe I'd prefer my child to have a normal childhood and a "normal" life... Normal in a sense that she/he gets to experience what other kids experience. For me being street smart or being smart to life in general is much more important rather than just being smart academically.

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It is not easy. That kid will have to cope with older classmates. He/she might get subjected to ridicule and teasing. Emotionally and psychologically the child may not be ready for it even if the IQ and capacity for learning is way above the charts for someone at that age.

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