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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was always the youngest and smallest in my class but I graduated near the top of my high school class and went to Harvard at 17, where I struggled. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't have repeated a year in primary school, but I would have taken a year off between high school and college.

My senior year in high school I had classmates who were 1-2 years older and they were miserable, they were clearly ready to move on.[/quote]

I have a youngest girl (August) who has always been top of her class, and I took a year off both between high school and during college and look forward to her doing the same if she chooses without ending up being born 2 years earlier than all the kids in her graduating class.

I also have an oldest (who ironically is the youngest in our family) with a Dec birthday and she is petite and somewhat immature and I am glad that DC had moved the cutoff (when she was born it was Dec 31st) because I think I would have made a decision that would not have worked so well for her.

Depends on the kid, especially in terms of academics.  First grade is where the play based learning ends and school becomes school.  If your kid can already do the reading and math, I wouldn't hold her back now.[/quote]

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