[Belfry0304]

You are probably right. However, that is where good parenting steps in. At the age of 10, it shouldn't really matter what the child wants to do. The child will do what the parent tells them they are going to do. (At least that's the way it works at my house)

and then your kid resents you for a year and hates his life... why bother when you could just get them to hold back in 7th or 8th grade when they're up for it as well?