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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP, my boys are 19 months apart (one year in school) and this is a great reflection

[quote]They do tend to “crowd” each other and probably lack space for quiet reflection and focus away from the other, which can have impacts on school performance — not necessarily bad, but you can sort of see how they’d be “better off” w/o the other to deal with. I get it.[/quote]

We should have had them be two years apart in school, but the second one was advanced for a four year old. That's not a brag. It was totally due to learning things at the same time as his brother. So he learned to read, write, basic math and science early all because they were together. More a a Montessori style learning.  It made it easier for us as parents and for our daycare & preschool to keep them together. They absolutely needed more physical, emotional and mental space to grow on their own. We did our best, learning as we went. [/quote]

Exactly this for us. Younger was nearly as advanced as older (who was also very advanced). We moved from a small Montessori to public school in new state and I spaced them two yrs apart in school starting for 6th and 8th grade.  The younger one has a fall birthday so it was still age appropriate.  While the grade level material was a total waste, we supplemented at home and school curriculum eventually become to were you could pick your level of rigor. This was the best decision for my younger child I’ve think I’ve made as parent. [/quote]

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