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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading these threads, I really wonder whether it's the kids who are not "ready" to start school or whether it's that the parents aren't ready to send the kids.  Some of the examples given as reasons for redshirting are ridiculous - sports, camp, dealing with mean girls, worries about whether 10 years down the road she'll be able to handle high school boys.  If you think being the youngest is going to be a challenge for your kid - so what? That's not necessarily a bad thing.  Why not help your kid rise to the occasion by giving them skills to handle different kinds of environments?

And guess what? Your kids will be just fine even if they're the last ones in their friend group to get their driver's license, or they start high school at age 14, or they don't turn 18 until just before starting college. [/quote]You say that like I haven't been constantly working on maturity and social skills with my DD.  Yes, she is behind.  Yes, we're working on it.  Yes, she has an end of August birthday.  It's a bad combo.

My DD walked at 8 months old, was running in circles.  Many people have kids who don't walk until 18 months.  Just like those parents couldn't make their 8 mo walk, I can't make my 5 yo more mature.  I've tried and tried.  I've been plenty embarassed at times.  I've paid for therapists. They say she's normal, just young.  She's often frustrated with herself and labels herself a bad kid.  We're working on that too.  I do wish I'd held her back.  Theres no reason her life has to be this tough.

If it's so easy, why not have your kid skip a grade and see how they do?  That is how life feels to her every day.  She's always playing catch up.  Always a bit behind.  Always unvomfortable socially.  I'm sure some August birthday kids are ready.  Mine was not.  Time will tell if she can close that gap (unless her K teacher recommends retention, which is possible).[/quote]

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