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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just hold her back. It’s a no-brainer. [/quote]

It’s only a no-brainer if you choose not to see your child as an individual but rather a statistic.  I know some kids who benefit from being held back and others for whom it is a huge disservice.  One girl in my daughter’s class was held back and she was extremely tall.  She passed me in size in 3rd grade; I’m 5’3”.  Imagine what that did for her confidence!  Also, it turned out she was extremely gifted, so she was bored stiff, with all these younger tiny kids around - socially awkward, because she’s more mature than them.  It even looked strange for her to be playing with American Girl dolls when the other kids were.  Fast forward to the tween/teen years - she went through puberty 1st (of course) and was over 6’ tall.  She looked like she could teach her 7th grade class - and probably was smart enough to teach it.  She was hunched over in every class photo.  She joined the basketball team, which took her on height alone, but was totally unathletic.  She’s in college now and I just can’t imagine how she must have felt her whole time as a child - the biggest, the smartest, the more developed physically (which got her unwanted attention!).[/quote]

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