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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No matter how many times this comes up, I don't understand why people get so worked up about parents having still-limited-but-reasonable choices about when their child is ready for school.  [/quote]

Because it's bullshit. A child being left back in K? Really? There's no reason for it.[/quote]

But there are reasons for it - which is why reasonable people sometimes do it.  I can't speak for the parents trying to get a leg up for their kids - but there are parents who made the choice because their child was actually developmentally delayed or some such reason.[/quote]

Kids with developmental delays are typically the ones who will benefit most from starting school because it will increase their access to services.  And many of them are already in the public school system through special needs preschools.    I truly don't think it's kids with actual delays that are typically being held back.

I really would love schools to enforce the age guidelines in a system like England used to have, so that if a 7 year old registers for public school, they start in first grade.  So your "immature" (or whatever) child can get the "gift of time" with you at home when they should be in K, but they are still in the age-appropriate grade moving forward.

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