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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for sharing. These are important considerations and a lot of people aren’t thinking about the possible long term consequences of always being the youngest [/quote]
I stated earlier.. hindsight is 20/20.

You have no idea when the child will mature when he is 4 or 5.  We don't have crystal balls as parents.

I have a June bday boy. He will turn 18 after he graduates HS.  We knew early on that he was very smart. He took all the advanced math classes possible in every school he was at, and went into a magnet program.

Yes, he is young compared to his friends, and it didn't help that he was a late bloomer to boot.  I once asked him if maybe we should've redshirted him given the challenges he faced socially, and he said, "Nope... I was already bored in school. If you had held me back it would've been worse, and I would've probably acted out a lot more in school."

So, again, hindsight is 20/20.  Don't beat yourself up over a decision you made for your kid when he was 4 or 5.   [/quote]

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