I’m starting my late July birthday child (boy) in kindergarten on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing that bothers me… parents that red shirt always yammer on about “the gift of time” or “let them be little”. Or just automatically assume parents will redshirt a summer kid.

ALL of the problem kids in both kindergarten and 1st grade have been older kids. Yes, that’s completely anecdotal, in my experience it’s never been the youngest kids causing problems in class.

It’s been my experience in the classroom as well.

[Anonymous]

I have a 5th grade daughter with a late August bday that we sent on time. I regret it for the social aspects. She's fine academically. I hit puberty at age 11 (young), but my husband's sisters were much later.... My kid looks like a little girl compared to her peers. It's socially awkward. This won't hit boys until 7th/8th grade or later, but it's something to consider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing that bothers me… parents that red shirt always yammer on about “the gift of time” or “let them be little”. Or just automatically assume parents will redshirt a summer kid.

ALL of the problem kids in both kindergarten and 1st grade have been older kids. Yes, that’s completely anecdotal, in my experience it’s never been the youngest kids causing problems in class.

It’s been my experience in the classroom as well.

Multiple kids here and this definitely doesn’t match my experience at all.

[Anonymous]

Multiple kids is not the same as a experience with classrooms fulls of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Multiple kids is not the same as a experience with classrooms fulls of kids.

Sure. My sister the experienced teacher says the same thing, though. And she has many years of teaching experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Multiple kids is not the same as a experience with classrooms fulls of kids.

Sure. My sister the experienced teacher says the same thing, though. And she has many years of teaching experience.

Doubt it.

[Anonymous]

I redshirted my oldest DS because he had several fine and gross motor skill delays that would have made it almost impossible to function in K. He was also socially and emotionally immature. He started K right after he turned 6 and still struggled. At 8 he is on level with his class, but he starting him "on time" would have been a disaster

DS 2 is one of the youngest in his K class. I never considered redshirting him because he didn't need it. He's fine. If by his senior year of high school I see a maturity gap that could cause problems in college I will encourage him to take a gap year. But honestly, I expect my oldest DS to need the gap year, but not my youngest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 5th grade daughter with a late August bday that we sent on time. I regret it for the social aspects. She's fine academically. I hit puberty at age 11 (young), but my husband's sisters were much later.... My kid looks like a little girl compared to her peers. It's socially awkward. This won't hit boys until 7th/8th grade or later, but it's something to consider.

Same situation but I don’t regret it. Don’t really care that she looks a bit different for a year or two. Looks don’t really matter that much - important lesson and culture early on.

[Anonymous]

we did that and people are surprised our kid is a late July 04 kid graduating this year. They are surprised by several things, the grades and scores they have, their size, and their athletic ability. Of course many say just imagine if you held them back, no thanks, we are good,

get new friends or tell the others to raise their own kid.

[Anonymous]

Why does it matter if other kids get boobs first? I’m still confused why this is a negative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Multiple kids is not the same as a experience with classrooms fulls of kids.

Sure. My sister the experienced teacher says the same thing, though. And she has many years of teaching experience.

Doubt it.

You are so desperate it’s sad.

[Anonymous]

Just don’t be overly weird about your kid being young for grade, like a lot of DCUM posters are, and to be frank, you sound like you are heading towards. It’s just not that big a deal. Don’t brag about your kid being the youngest. Don’t teach them that it makes them somehow special. Don’t be invested in your kid’s identity as the youngest. Don’t drop their birthday into as many total unrelated conversations as you can, especially when they are standing right next to you. Don’t make a big deal about how much older some of their classmates are. Just please, if you possibly can, please be normal and not supremely weird about age.

Signed,
The youngest in the class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Multiple kids is not the same as a experience with classrooms fulls of kids.

Sure. My sister the experienced teacher says the same thing, though. And she has many years of teaching experience.

Doubt it.

You are so desperate it’s sad.

Says the desperate and sad on an anonymous forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t be overly weird about your kid being young for grade, like a lot of DCUM posters are, and to be frank, you sound like you are heading towards. It’s just not that big a deal. Don’t brag about your kid being the youngest. Don’t teach them that it makes them somehow special. Don’t be invested in your kid’s identity as the youngest. Don’t drop their birthday into as many total unrelated conversations as you can, especially when they are standing right next to you. Don’t make a big deal about how much older some of their classmates are. Just please, if you possibly can, please be normal and not supremely weird about age.

Signed,
The youngest in the class

I think a lot of parents need to hear this.
Thank you.

[Anonymous]

I'm confused by all of this. Im from CT where age cutoff is Dec 31st and started Kindergarten at 4 years old. My DS, also Dec birthday, is starting Kindergarten at 5 years old which is a year ahead of where I was as a kid. People wait till 6 years old to start Kindergarten? Why??