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[quote=Anonymous]Make the best choice for your son, whether that's to send him on time or keep him back.  It sounds like you see no reason to keep him back so send him on and don't worry about it.  It sounds like he will be ready.

If you want to know why I kept my September boy back, it's in part because the kindergarten curriculum is closer to the 1st grade curriculum when I was a child -- no more sitting around singing, drawing, playing and napping the entire day, but now it's all about reading and math.  My DS wasn't ready for that when he was 4 about to turn 5.  He was shy about joining in group activities, liked to run off by himself, and got frustrated  by difficult tasks, giving up too soon and saying "I can't do it."  He has an accomplished older sibling whom he thinks can do anything and that seemed to have inhibited his own confidence in himself.  But a year later he was much more confident in himself and felt good about school.  He was fine with sitting in a circle, doing worksheets, and sitting at his desk quietly (though he still gets in trouble for talking too much).  So far the curriculum has been the perfect level and speed for him.  We made what we thought was the best choice for him and I don't regret it.   My SIL, however, regrets not holding her late August boy back; after he graduated from high school at age 17 he really drifted for an entire year before getting back on track.  He had struggled since late elementary school and she feels he would have done better had he been just a bit older.

There's no one right answer.  Do what you feel in you heart is right and tell those pressuring you that you know your child best.

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