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[quote=Anonymous]Kindergarten, of all the grades in school, isn't about academics.  It's about social and emotional skills, which are vital to your son's success for the rest of his life.  Any decent school will stress this.  So if your kid is very advanced socially and emotionally (doesn't sound like it from your post, which is normal, and boys usually aren't), then maybe consider putting him ahead a year.

Find him a junior kindergarten program somewhere for next year and then send him to K.

From a recent Wash Post article:

Kindergartners who share, cooperate and are helpful are more likely to have a college degree and a job 20 years later than children who lack those social skills, according to a new study.

Kids who get along well with others also are less likely to have substance-abuse problems and run-ins with the law.

The research, which involved tracking nearly 800 students for two decades, suggests that specific social-emotional skills among young children can be powerful predictors for success later in life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/want-your-kids-to-go-to-college-and-get-a-job-make-sure-they-learn-how-to-share-in-kindergarten/2015/07/16/4c30726a-2b4e-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html[/quote]

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