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[quote=Anonymous]I was wondering if anyone else had any input on this. TIA!

Our child has a winter birthday and recently turned 5. All things being equal, he is not ready to start kindergarten. We would be holding him back from starting until age 6 (turning 7 during winter of kindergarten) to help him to fit in more readily with his peers, socially and emotionally---even athletically and academically, since he is globablly delayed.

I hate the idea that in doing holding him back, we could make things worse for him, with peers making fun of him for being older and moms not accepting him and having him over for playdates, etc. because he is older. (We have heard this happens.)

That is truly the opposite of what we are trying to achieve. We want him to blend in moreso (be less of a target for bullies), not stand out---it would be such a shame if he did fit in better with this younger age group and then had to face teasing from peers and exclusion from their families for something as silly as age...especially when there are many families holding typically developing kids back to give them advantages and there are NO special needs. Ugh! Don't know what to do and feel pretty tormented by this.

Can't afford private school, in a great neighborhood school. Our child is very high functioning ASD but already teased for being "stupid" in preschool, among typically developing peers.[/quote]

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