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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

DP.  I sent my September birthday DS on time, as did several of my friends.  Others held their August/September birthday DCs back a year.

All of the on-time kids struggled, including mine, for years.  All of the held-back kids did not struggle, in K or 1st or 2nd.

You can laugh off kindergarten if you like.  [b]From firsthand experience, I now know that it's developmentally inappropriate.[/b]  [/quote]

Your child is 5.  They are not immature.  They are age appropriate for 5.

I think this is a faulty conclusion based on what you've presented.  What do you mean by "struggled?"  That they had to work really hard?  That things didn't come easy to them?  Being challenged is not a bad thing in and of itself.[/quote]

Not pp, but for me “struggled”=Lots of crying, meltdowns, behavior problems, getting in trouble with teacher/being disliked by teacher, not wanting to do schoolwork, “hating school,” no friendships. I mean, could it all strengthen his character in the long run? Maybe. But it isn’t just “having to work really hard” on an academic sense.[/quote]This was my experience with my immature 5 yo.  She went from a perfectly happy kid in August to one giant melt down once K started.  It's February and she's still "adjusting."  She's also reading level J.  The hard part isn't academics at all.[/quote][/quote]

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