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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would.  No need to rush her through K-12.  She will be better prepared and more mature when the times comes for college decisions, career paths, and being successful in college.  The youngest people I knew in school growing up were the Nov/Dec birthdays and every one that I can think of took 5 yrs to graduate and had some big bumps along the way- even though they were objectively smart and did well in high school [/quote]
She wouldn’t be rushing though, she’s going on time..[/quote]

NP. I'm a tiny bit confused. So where OP is the cut off is in December -- [b]does that mean that if she starts her daughter "on time" she'll start K as a 5 yr old and turn 6 in November? In that case I would absolutely send her unless there were a specific reason not to (like a developmental delay). This will also put her in line with the vast majority of kids in the country so she would be starting college with the same age cohort. Turning 7 two months into kindergarten sounds aggressive to me.[/b]

If the suggestion is that "on time" means starting her at age 4 and then she will turn 5 in November, I'd lean much more heavily towards redshirting, especially if it's fairly common in your area, because I think that's young for K and will also mean she's young compared to her grade cohort nationally.

I have an August birthday in a place with a 9/30 cut off and started her on time and it has been great. Very hard to imagine her being a year behind this in school, and I actually think being among the youngest has helped her build her social skills because she has had to learn to speak up and be assertive when her personality upon starting school was a bit more shy.[/quote]

…..no. It’s New York [/quote]

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