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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Believe me, you wouldn't have wanted my just-turning-five- boy starting kindergarten with your child.  He would have disrupted class the entire year.  Now at the late end of 5 he is ready to sit down for more than 5 minutes at a time and is receptive to learning things.  It's a win-win situation -- he won't have to feel like a bad boy for constantly getting time outs for not listening or feel stupid for not getting the academic stuff, and his classmates won't have their learning time interrupted by the disruptive kid running around, talking too much, wanting to play when he should be listening to a book during circle time, crying because he hated the work and probably needed a little nap.[/quote]

Is that what we want for Kindergarten, though? A place where a developmentally perfectly average child wouldn't function well, because the standards are higher than what the average child can manage?
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Sure, I agree -- it's not what I want for kindergarten, no way.  But it is the reality, and so I kept him back until he was ready for the 1st grade environment that kindergarten has become. [/quote]

That makes perfect sense, and is right in line with everyone saying you make the best choice for your child. But it's also in line with those of us who get frustrated with redshirting saying that the trend reinforces itself making the choice to send a child on time more and more difficult.

This is another case where we argue with each other (because everyone's frustrated) and it distracts from fixing the problem. Not that it's really that fixable. We're just some of the consumers. I know my dislike of homework in elementary school (because study after study shows it's not even remotely helpful) was countered by other parents who sought out additional homework for their child. I'm sure my belief that K should be age appropriate is in direct contrast to some parent who honestly believes their little Larla should be translating Cicero in K.[/quote]

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