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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you are right that most kids with summer birthdays are ready to start at 5. However, you need to do what's right for your kid, not what's right for most children. For instance, it's okay for most people to have a slice of cake once in a while, but DH is diabetic, so he never eats any cake or anything with sugar in it, as that would be a death sentence for him. He needs to be more careful about what he eats most people because he has more health problems than most people. Similarly, you need adjust your child's academic path to their developmental path. If his brain is developmentally a year behind, redshirting him would be the smartest move. DS was born 6/9, and at the end of Kindergarten, his teachers thought it best to skip 1st grade, as he was way ahead of his peers. So we sent him straight to 2nd grade, not because we think that's what most kids should do, but because that was the right move specifically for DS. He just turned 11 and is about to finish 6th grade with very stellar marks. He is reading at 10th grade level and will be taking Geometry next year as a 7th grader. If he were in his age-appropriate grade, he would literally be in danger of dying of boredom. Conversely, if someone developmentally behind were in their age-appropriate grade, they would flounder greatly.

If this is the case with your son, I would strongly encourage you to redshirt. You are right that, for most summer kids, sending them to Kindergarten at 5 is not rushing them. However, if they have developmental delays, sending them on time is rushing them. Conversely, we did not rush DS by skipping a grade because that was where he, personally, needed to be. I know you're afraid of him being embarrassed to be a year behind, but look at it this way. 20 years down the line, nobody will care that he graduated high school a year late, just like nobody will care that our DS graduated high school a year early. However, if you send him on time when he's not ready, that could yield much longer-lasting consequences.[/quote]

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