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[quote=Anonymous]We held DS back last year - September birthday. Very bright and academically ready, but the maturity wasn't there. Honestly, this past year his self esteem has sky rocketed. It has really helped that he is no longer the youngest and smallest. Even with being held back, Half of his class is older than him now (by just a few months). He would have been the youngest by far in his other class. And he was already being picked on last year by the larger older boys. They knew how to press his buttons. The school left the decision to me, but did advise I hold him back. Granted it's been less than a year, but it was the right decision for us. He's now the leader and not struggling to fit in. Fwiw, his reading is above grade level so they have a reading specialist come in once a week, and he gets individual time to expand his reading skills.[/quote]
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