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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was also the youngest in my class years and years ago, though redshirting was unheard of at that time. My experience was very different than yours, OP.

Our oldest DS was young for the grade. We sent him on time because he was ready and we didn’t know better. If I could do-over one parenting move, it would be that one. Academically, he was fine. Socially and emotionally, not so much.

What you need to be thinking about is not kindergarten, but rather[b] the lunch table at middle school, [b]the kid who cannot drive when all his peers can[/b], the 17-year-old going to college. Our younger DS was going to be the youngest in his class and we did not send him. [/b]It has been 1000 times easier on every front.

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I turned 5 during fall of K, and wow, none of these things were ever a concern for me.  I had no real sense of who was older or younger than me throughout school.  I mean, middle school wasn't smooth, but I don't attribute it to being young at all (I attended a pretty rough middle school as a new kid).  [/quote]

Agreed.  I turned 5 during fall of K and posted on another thread that my best friend in high school was nearly a year older than I was. She drove me around (and taught me to drive!) because she got her license nearly a year before I did.  It was no big deal at all. [/quote]

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