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[quote=Anonymous]Hey, OP, the fact that your daughter is challenging in K and has to work hard to keep up with her older peers is going to be to her advantage later in school. It's not like in sports, where being younger is almost always a hindrance. She can get ahead of them! My daughter is super-competitive by nature, and although I try to remind her not to compare herself to any of her peers, it has been a personal triumph for her to notice that she can surpass them in many things (math, reading) when she works harder/practices more than them. So when she comes complaining to me about something, I ask "Do you want me to help you become better at that?" And then we do math drills, or practice cartwheels, or whatever it is that is making her feel bad.

But is it your daughter feeling bad here and comparing herself to others, or is it you?

I really don't worry about red-shirting except in terms of my own kids-- I went through puberty a few two years before most of my peers, very early, and that really affected two years of my school experience negatively, and I think that's where kids have the most trouble (and this will be different for boys vs. girls). I hope that other people consider this when thinking about whether to red shirt (or, as the case may be, skip a grade).[/quote]

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