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[quote=Anonymous]My son, who is now a college freshman, has a July birthday and started K when he was 5.  We consulted his preschool teachers and pediatrician, who all felt he was ready to start school.  He is very bright, a good athlete and generally, quite confident.  He is now attending a highly selective college and playing a varsity sport, so he did just fine in the long haul, but he went through a very rough patch in middle school.  His lack of organizational skills caused a steep slide in his grades and his social immaturity made life tough for him as well.

I know that the middle school years are challenging for most kids, but I think the problems our son experienced were made worse by the fact that he was one of the youngest boys in his grade.  Kids change a lot during those early adolescent years and my husband and I felt that an additional year of maturity would have made a big difference for him.  As a result, we waited a year to send our younger daughter, who also have a summer birthday, to K.  Interestingly, our son has said he wishes we had done the same thing with him.  Our daughter is now in middle school and we can see that the additional year of maturity has made her a stronger student and has helped her enormously as she deals with the social challenges of this age.      [/quote]

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