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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it works in the early years so less summer kids admitted to top schools, less deemed gifted because they advanced for 5 or 6 but not for 7.

Too many people doing it, it as become a problem.  In my kids preschool at the end of the year, he was turning 4 while a peer was turning 6.  [/quote]

I too am frustrated by it.  My DS is at beauvoir and has classmates 1 1/2 years+ older than him.  Especially the boys.  I can't figure out if the school is encouraging it or not.  Or if they think it makes them more ready to sit still, read, etc...  It makes me uncomfortable that there are kids so much bigger and older than him in his class.  And I think, at times, it's intimidating to the younger (age/grade appropriate) kids.

Mothers have been telling me the pre-k/k classes this year will continue the trend.

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My daughter is in the same boat at a similar school. She has a summer birthday, and we decided to put her forward - a very difficult decision. Academically and athletically, she is running circles around the older kids, and I don't think that they will ever catch up with HER. But they can be intimidating. They're big, they've done nursery twice, they know all the tricks, and they are often more sophisticated than her (and not in a good way).

I'm thinking of pulling her out of her private school after this year. Either she will repeat kindergarten at another private, or we will move to a suburb with excellent public schools. She'll still be one of the youngest kids in her class, but at least she won't be a full 1 1/2 year younger than them.

It's frustrating. I don't think that all of these kids seem to be catching up, even with the gift of an extra year. And it hurts the other kids.

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