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As Aaliyah said, "Age ain't nothin' but a number."
Other than the fact that as adults we like to know everything for certain, does it really matter whether the girl is 8 or 9? If they were suddenly to find out definitively that the child were 9, what would they change?
I'm guessing that they wouldn't automatically move the child up a grade in school...wherever she is is where she is. I suppose that if skipping a grade were being discussed, the age might be a factor that pushes the decision over the edge. Still, though, separating her from her classmates and peers might be a bigger disruption.
There's also the fact that kids are developing earlier and earlier these days. I, personally, was already wearing a bra in 4th grade (ugh!), so she may just be an early developer.
I currently live in West Africa, where very few people have birth certificates. My friend and her fiance found out just before the wedding that he was TEN YEARS older than he thought he was. Tell your friend to look at it that way - a one year discrepancy is nothing!
I say they just forget the topic (easy for me to say!) and let it be another of the great mysteries of the world. The kid has spent 3 years thinking she's X age - if they suddenly tell her she's a year older, that could be more disruptive than it's worth.
Tell your friend good luck!
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