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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes  you are insane.  My DD has a mid August bday.  I sent her on time.  The cutoff in most schools are Sept 1 or later, so your child doesn't need to be redshirted for any reason.

What rat race is there in ES?  Only if you make it so.  I would take the lead from your child.  She is showing you she wants to be challenged.  Not sure why you are stopping her.  You can ensure she has a great childhood still by leaving a lot of time for play.  It doesn't have to be a rat race.[/quote]

OP here. I completely agree that the rat race in ES is a large part the parents, but a competitive minded child picks up on these things from her peers. 
The first thing we have done is to pull her from Montessori and put her in play based (the former just fed her constant desire for advancement and did nothing to foster other aspects. Not a criticism of montessori it just worked out that way[/quote]

Some kids just have a competitive nature.  My brother is 3 yrs older than me, and I was always trying to compete with him.  It happens sometimes to younger siblings. This nature has served me well because it made me try hard.  But, I do think you need to make sure your DD knows how to fail because it will obviously happen sooner or later.  She may pickup on the competitive nature in her school, but you can enforce that it is about trying your best, not about comparing yourself to others.  However, it is possible that your DD just has a competitive nature, and no matter how much you try to hold her back, that nature will come out.  Better to mold that nature now while she is still young than later.[/quote]

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