Deciding if your child should repeat a grade level in school 15 Articles

by Heinz Sladek

"We would like to retain your child another year" is not a statement that any parent wants to hear. Deciding if your child should repeat a grade level in school is a huge decision and should not be made hastily. In reality...read more

by Frederick Babb

The grades are in and your child is out. Next year will be a repeat year of this one. Take the report card and find the nearest mirror. Now is not the time to act, to neither resist nor express the injustice your child ...read more

by Stephen Pennlowe

Clearly repeating a grade level carries a connotation from peers, parents, and others of underachievement that can be ill-timed. It also attaches a perceived stigma which can be destructive if not addressed properly. Ther...read more

by Wendy Ware

Deciding whether your child should repeat a grade level is extremely difficult and many factors need to be considered. My daughter repeated kindergarten and it was a good decision and I have never regretted it. First of ...read more

by R Shimoda

Dummy! Idiot! Stupid! These are the words parents have going through their head when first advised their child should repeat a grade level. As a parent of four (two boys and two girls), I know this is something I worrie...read more

by MC Williams

This was a decision we were faced with, with my own son. We were stressed out, overwhelmed and confused. But, and it was a big but, we had no choice but to make the decision. We spent several days with the principal, teach...read more

by Evelyn Guy

Should a child repeat a grade level in school? Should your child repeat? Who decides and what criteria should be used to decide if your child should repeat a grade? There are several things to consider in deciding if ...read more

by PH1966

It was a wise decision to allow my youngest child to repeat her kindergarten year. She was a much more confident and happier child by the time she finished kindergarten with her peers the second time around. She had a love...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

Ideally, a child will complete one school grade per year. However, each child is different, as special cases may require additional attention. Some children are able to skip a grade during their school years, while other...read more

by Toni Doswell

Retention is a word we hardly like to confront, especially when it comes to our own child, however, in the case where the child has not made adequate progress to meet the challenges of the next grade, some, but not m...read more

by Melvin Richardson

It can be a tough decision whether to hold your child back or not. Ultimately you have to do what's in the childs best interest. This is a decision that should be made by the parents in conjunction with the teacher. Sit b...read more

by Earl Mcgill

Another Catch-22? Under the presently established public education system, deciding whether or not a child should repeat a grade level is tantamount to choosing which road to failure you wish he or she to travel. Vir...read more

by Neil Griffin

It's surely decisions such as these that show how parenting is no walk in the park. More like a walk in a park overrun by clever bears with boobie traps! Now, substitute the word "bears" with "children" and "boobie traps" ...read more

by Carolyn Tytler

The school recommends that your child be retained in his present grade for another year, but the final decision is left to you, the parent. What factors should you consider in making the decision? You know your child bette...read more

by Magdalena Willow

The first thing I would encourage parents to consider is... In grade school the education system requires the standard basics of each subject be repeated each beginning year. The child will learn new things in the each y...read more