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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do not hold her back.  I think that academic development is much more pertinent to this decision.

My dear sister was a year and half younger than everyone else, and though small for her age (even in high school), she benefited enormously from being the youngest -- in terms of confidence, and academic development.  She was admitted to Yale.  My husband skipped third grade, he attended Harvard.  My DC, a late fall birthday (long after his school's early September cutoff), also benefitted greatly from the confidence and challenge of always being the very youngest in their class, and is now at H/P/S/or Y.  I am a firm believer in advancing academically bright children, rather than holding them back.[/quote]

I was a November birthday back in the days when Dec 31 was the cutoff. I certainly wish mt Mom  would have held me back. I was smart but socially immature and as I got older, it really showed. I did not find my bearings till college socially.

DH skipped a grade and went to college at 16. He also felt it hurt him socially and in some ways academically because he wasn't mature enough to handle all the ins and outs of college (not just the academics)

There is much more challenge available to kids today who are ready and willing from harder work. No one is hurt academically by starting later. College will still be there and having the confidence socially really makes a big difference in the long run. [/quote]

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