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[quote=Anonymous]We considered private for our late Sept. bday girl, but decided against it despite being admitted because it would have required red-shirting her.  Ours is similar to your description -- strong early reader, physically small, quiet in the class room with peers.

Now, 6 years later, we are happy we did not redshirt.  Academically, she was more than ready in preK and she only became even more advanced than her peers as the years progressed.  Socially, we experienced the same as you about her not being interested in the same things as her peers, but we read that as a difference in interests (both hers and our family's) and not a function of her being younger than others.  Frankly, I didn't want her in an environment where girls focused heavily on pop culture and mature play at such a young age.

After some close watching of our daughter socially, it became clear that her "quietness" and reluctance to participate socially was really an effort to hide true self and interests -- she was astute enough to realize that most other kids her age weren't interested in the same things she was.  We removed her from the school environment she was in, but kept her in the same grade level she had been in.  New school was far more academic, had a peer and parent culture that was less focused on pop culture and DD came out of her shell and became a leader academically and socially.

I just offer this because I think the solution to social success is not necessarily to be the oldest, but rather to find the place where you fit.  Kids are too young to figure that out entirely on their own.  They are much more likely to try to fit themselves to the peer group around them.  [/quote]

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