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[quote=Anonymous]My husband was an October birthday but where he lived when starting school had December cutoff so he went "on time", then he moved to MCPS where he was young for the grade- and as a boy no less- THE HORROR. He had some literal growing pains when he was a late bloomer, but overall he made it to a very competitive college and law school, got top grades and is a fully functioning adult. Crazy, I know. But I do wonder if he was an Oct birthday these days with other redshirted Summer or even Spring boys because it's much more prevalent now, if it would've been harder for him than 20 years ago.

My DD is right before the cut off and we plan to send her to PK3 this fall "on time"- obviously we still have some time to sort out any issues she may or may not show before K, but she's already getting bored/becoming the oldest in some of her current activities and is so excited for school. She also really prefers playing with bigger kids, despite having a younger kid in her nanny share, so I think she'll do great. You have to do what's best for your kid. I do wish overall that schools in this area had a more universal cut off date since a few miles can make such a big difference and if states would start regulating this a bit more to keep people from just doing it as an academic/athletic advantage. And I do think the expectations of K have drastically changed. I went half day and we learned letter people and played. There were no desks. And we had nap time... FOR HALF DAY. And guess what- I'm also a fully functioning adult. Most days.  :wink: [/quote]

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