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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to add. There is a cut off date for a reason. Just because your child may be acedemically ready, doesn’t mean she is socially (and not just now, in future years) keep them little while you can! [/quote]

And in MoCo at least there is also a test in mechanism for a reason: some kids are ready and if op's kid were accepted through the normal channels, so be it.[/quote]

Mid-September baby here who started "early" -- I was perfectly fine, still advanced academically throughout school (and I shudder thinking about what it would've been like not being allowed to start early) and socially had no problems. Some kids are ready. Some aren't. Blanket statements are unhelpful.[/quote]

+2.  I had a pretty similar experience, also an early Oct. baby who started K at 4 (although school system had a Dec. cutoff).[/quote]

Plus, I'm guessing that OP doesn't want to pay an extra 20K for daycare when her kid is so close to the cutoff.[/quote]

This argument comes up on every one of these threads. I'm someone who sent my October birthday child early. I paid for private, so there was no monetary savings, and I did not expect there to be any.  Believe it or not, people make these decisions, or try to, in the best interests of their children, not to save money. [/quote]
And for plenty of people, the opportunity to save on a year of childcare makes a substantial impact on their finances.  I say this without judgement, but knowing that my own parents encouraged my skipping a grade because it was one year sooner that I would be out in the working world.[/quote]

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