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[quote=Anonymous]I sent DC1, with a late summer bday on time, and if I had to make the same decision over, I would do it again but without the stress. I liked these articles at the time I was making the decision, but they are old, because said kiddo is now in 3rd grade.

Delay Kindergarten at Your Child’s Peril
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/dont-delay-your-kindergartners-start.html

And
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/youngest-kid-smartest-kid/amp

I am not a researcher but based on my experience I generally agree with these articles.  My middle kid has a winter bday and is in K now so it is interesting for me to see what it's like with a not young for the grade kid, in comparison.  I know it's hard to be in it for the long game, when the redshirted kids often have an easier time at the very beginning by virtue of being a year older.

Around here people are posting a newer article saying the older kids do better, to support redshirting, but the article doesn't study kids who were redshirted, rather kids who just missed the cutoff naturally.

I was young for the grade and DH was young for the grade and we both thought that was ok, so that swayed our decision. We are friends with people who redshirt now. In college, one of my best friends had the same bday as me - but a year older. And really, I think a kid would essentially do the same if born 9/30 and sent on time or born 10/1 and having to wait a year. Good luck. [/quote]

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