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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sent my August DD and she's fine in K now. Looking at my son, if he was born in August, I don't know if I'd make the same call. But he's a March kid, so it's moot. Hopefully, he'll grow out of his animal from the muppet babies stage after he turns 4.

I do think academically it's been great. Socially, DD has struggled. She's had meltdowns and stuff that I'd categorize as normal for a young 5. But there are kids in her class who turned 6 as early as June before the school year. Those kids are much more mature, but then again, DD will STILL be 5 when she attends these kiddos 7th birthday parties.

I assume the maturity thing will sort out. She's making friends and I like that she's doing Daises. If anything, it seems like over halfway in DD has matured dramatically this year.[/quote]

Are they really that much more mature?  No, they are a year older.  They probably did the same things your daughter is doing now at the same age and outgrew it.  She'll outgrow it too when she is their age.  Its a false sense of maturity as if you took those same kids and bumped them up a grade, where would they fit in that grade?  They'd probably act younger not having the experience of being with older kids.  We find being the youngest helps our child as he's determined to keep up.  Those kids aren't smarter or more mature, they are just a year older.  Don't mix age with maturity.  At 5, no kid should be "mature."[/quote]

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