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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't "hold him back". He has a LATE Sept birthday (end of the month) and would have been the youngest kid in the entire class AND school b/c anyone after Sept 1 had to "test in". My son and 2 others were tested and my son "passed" and the other 2 didn't. So, we decided to wait and let him grow socially and here he is in kindergarten. There is no perfect answer in these cases. I could have sent him "early" and then he would have been the YOUNGEST and might have been unprepared...
 
Thanks to those with HELPFUL advice. Those that were rude - really? Where did that get you? [/quote]

So your son was age appropriate for kindergarten last year, and passed the test for entrance into kindergarten last year.  So he was appropriately in kindergarten last year.  It wouldn't have been "early" he just would have been the youngest...someone has to be the youngest.  But you didn't want him to be the youngest, so you held him back, and now you are worried that he is bored.  But if you move him up a year he will be the youngest (the thing you wanted to avoid).

I have a September kindergartener who is the youngest in the class.  I understand it's not a perfect decision process, but you need to own it that you held him back a year and now realize that there are downsides to that decision.  So either decide that the downsides are too great and try to move him up to first grade, or decide that the trade off you made for social development vs academic challenge is fine and stay the course.  But you can't have you cake and eat it too.     [/quote]

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