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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you were one of the girls who were on the "older" side compared to your peers, how did you like the experience?  Did it help with your self-confidence or leadership skills? Or did it make you more self conscious? If you could choose for your daughter, would you make her the younger one or the older one?

I'm asking because I was one of the younger ones in the class, and I did fine, especially academically, but socially, I never got the chance to develop the "leader" side of me. Now we have the option to make DD either one of the youngest or one of the oldest in her class (birthday falls around the cut-off date). I'm leaning towards making her the oldest, but a friend said she was one of the older ones growing up, and was not very happy about it either. Especially around the time girls' body develop, those older girls are a lot more uncomfortable because few others around have experienced it and they become very self conscious and less confident. Is this common observation? DD has a strong personality, and doesn't like others telling her what to do/expect. Should I red shirt her or send her early?

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I was in the middle so cannot help you. In college I was 19 because I went to high school in another country where high school is 5 years. It did not bother me at all to be a little older in college and there were plenty of older people as well. 
My DD was born a few days before the cut off and I am holding her back. However, she does not have the strong personality you are describing. She is more insecure and sensitive and that is why I am doing it. My other DD has a very strong personality and is just more of a tough kid... I would never redshirt her... she is more of a “natural leader”. 
Not sure this helps...[/quote]
Also, she was not born close to the cut off so I don’t even have a choice[/quote]

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