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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Warning: If you have as smart child DO NOT hold back.  Your child will be SO bored. Standards are ridiculously low in public school. They are still counting to 100 and learning shapes in 1st grade![/quote]

It your kid is smart, they will STILL be bored without redshirting. You will still be heavily supplementing them at home if you want them to have academic growth and be challenged. So you might as well put them in the grade you feel their will fit in the best socially. [/quote]I agree with this for the average, bright child. DS2 made the cutoff by three days and didn't turn five until after the school year had started. He would've been soooo bored if we'd kept him back. Kindergarten is really easy, especially for a bright kid who'd already been in school (we came from a full-day Montessori program).

But every kid is different. I regret NOT holding my DS1 back with a summer birthday. He was so very verbal and advanced at 5. Now at 10, he has been diagnosed with ADHD and finds some social situations challenging. A year to mature and work on executive functioning skills would've likely benefitted him. The gap would've appear as big. He's also bright, but has a hard time getting his work done. . . . . . I don't care about sports.

DS2 is very different from his brother and is able to following directions and stay focused in a way DS1 still can't do. DS2 perceives a challenge and conquers it. Hence sending DS2 on time even after regretting not redshirting DS1.[/quote]

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