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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh, my late-July boy, who went on time, is always one of the youngest, but I guess I frame it as "He's doing so great AND he's one of the youngest! He must be super smart!" :) And conversely, [b]when he has issues like talking too much and trouble sitting still, I can also rationalize "He'll grow out of it! He's nearly a year younger than some of the others--of course his behavior isn't quite as mature!" [/b] See, send your kids on time, and you can rationalize BOTH ways with me!

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It is interesting that some people draw the same conclusion you did, while others hear the same feedback from teachers and think, "Oh no!  We should hold him back--he wasn't ready for K, he needs more time to mature."[/quote]

It can be a self fulfilling prophecy. Anything “wrong” with a young for the grade kid will likely be “blamed” on that (I know, I have an August bday boy who went on time). My Jan bday boy right now gets complaints about talking and I just think his teacher is sensitive to that and it’s not bc he is young for the grade ;) [/quote]

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