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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We started our late-summer kid on time at age 5. She has always been one of the youngest kids in her class and will graduate HS at 17. Grade school was harder developmentally for her, because she couldn't sit as still as the red-shirted kids, her handwriting wasn't as neat as theirs, etc.

However, these early bumps in the road taught her to work harder for everything, and how to compete for what she wants. Nothing was handed to her in grade school; she had to work hard for it and find her own self-motivation to succeed. Now she's a top HS student going head-to-head with the red-shirted kids, [b]and you can't tell she's the youngest one of all.[/b]

Starting your child on time has its benefits, too.  [/quote]

Probably because there's a much smaller difference between 17-year-old and an 18-year-old than between a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old.  (And when they're 95 and 96, respectively, in the independent living place, nobody will know the difference at all.)[/quote]

There isn't a huge difference between 5-6.  There are small differences, sometimes in size but my kid has small genetics so realistically he'll be short either way so holding him back isn't going to make a difference when he's a teen.  At our private we had kids held back and pushed ahead so there was an almost 2 year age difference and that was noticeable.  The older kids behavior was a huge issue with the younger ones.  I think the only negative to being the youngest is my child is now getting exposed to language and other things it would have been nice to wait a year but we just talk about it and what the words mean and he is not to use them but its ok if he hears them.  That though is also happening because of older siblings.[/quote]

Funny, in my children's classrooms the worst behavior has usually been from the youngest kids. Or maybe the more important point is that anecdotal stories are meaningless. My teenager DS was accidentally redshirted due to a switch in schools. He has told me that he's really glad it happened, FWIW. Also it has no impact on sports for him because he plays sports that go by birth year, so it's not that.

But i sure would not be excoriating parents who sent kids young or on time because of my own personal experiences, unlike the anti-redshirt parents, who apparently are quite sure their own personal experiences should be the most important thing in decision-making of others. [/quote]

Thanks, I guess? It would be very odd were you to excoriate parents who sent their children on time in accordance with their local laws. [/quote]

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