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@roarke At the risk of not sounding pompous, I had a pretty advanced experience in college and in my career as well but I understand your point.

@dither Well a lot of people send their kids at 6, I (and my cousin actually) went at 6 and was always pretty advanced academically and socially. I worry both about early on and then later on that he’d be much younger (or even older) than his peers.

@ryleehurleyc Thank you! I appreciate this point of view. I do think he’s ready. I think the thing I worry about is emotionally if he’s ready and then down the road when he’s 17 as a senior that will feel so young. But people send their 5 year olds all the time! And worst case he can repeat...

ETA- THANK YOU, thank you, thank you! This all helped me realize I’m more worried than I need to be. I loved hearing perspectives from both sides. Every kid is so different. I just worry that I’m making the wrong choice either way 😩 but it’s one of those tough parenting decisions. I should also...