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[quote=Anonymous]I skipped a grade and have a June birthday, so I was not just the youngest in my grade, I was WAY younger than most kids (I was among the younger third in my original grade). Apart from not being able to drive until a year after my friends, it was fine--well, it was also annoying the summer after senior year, when my friends could go to clubs that allowed 18 and up and I couldn't go (I didn't turn 18 until summer between freshman and sophomore year of college). That's sort of the level of problem you are looking at.

In terms of fitting in with peers, puberty is all over the place--there were girls who started getting boobs in fourth grade, but I was an A cup until I had kids, so skipping didn't really matter there. I was always among the taller kids...probably because my parents were both tall. I am an introvert but I don't think skipping a grade had anything to do with that--I would have been basically the same kid with the same social issues in my original grade.

I guess my point is--a) you can't predict the future so don't try and b) a lot of these things are going to be what they are whether you redshirt or not, so why not send your kid on time.

Skipping, redshirting, and holding back are appropriate for outlier cases. The vast majority of kids should probably stick with their cohorts.  [/quote]

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