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[quote=Anonymous]I live in NY where some school districts and privates are still going by a 12/31 cutoff. My daughter is a November birthday and is the absolute youngest in her class.

At the private she will likely attend for k+, 50% of fall birthdays hold back, more heavily skewed towards boys. My older son is one of them and I see what a difference it has made for him not to be among the youngest for the first time.

What’s your experience been with holding back a girl? My daughter is still in preschool but very much keeps up with older children. That said, I don’t want to rush her. And I don’t like being the last area of the country and in one of the last private schools going by a December cutoff. I just worry that as my daughter gets older, socially and physically, being the oldest might make her self conscious. In the flip side, if she remains the youngest, that could be a different kind of pressure. Right now she is physically small in comparison to most of the kids in her class.

If your daughter is the oldest in the grade, what has their experience been like? [/quote]

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