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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a kid who was in the sixth percentile for height and weight for years, even though she was academically very bright.  There were times in kindergarten, first and second grade that I actually worried that she would get hurt because some of the kids were so much bigger than she was.  
I also had kids who were at the extreme ends of the bell curve in terms of maturing late.  One daughter got her period when she was 16.  I think the humiliation and embarrassment of not having boobs, etc.  in tenth grade was probably greater since there were kids getting their periods in fifth grade -- and it wasn't because of hormones in the chicken, etc.  but rather because they were 12 years old in fifth grade.

In short, I think that the kids who are really small for their age or who mature late can be somewhat affected by routinely being in classes with kids so much bigger and older than they are.  And yes, you could have said we should have held our kids back but 1.  we couldn't afford the extra years of daycare and 2.  we kept thinking our kids would mature and join the rest of the pack but they never did -- until 11th grade.[/quote]

You're not saying that Kid A should go to kindergarten at 5, regardless, because Kid B is small/late-maturing -- are you?

Are kids affected by the other kids in their class? Yes. But should Parent A make their decision based on what's best for Kid A, or on what's best for Kid B? I think that Parent A should make their decision based on what's best for Kid A.

(And in case you think I'm being self-justifying -- I'm not. I have a Kid B, small AND the youngest in the class.)[/quote]

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