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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe men should be placed a year behind girls to catch up developmentally[/quote]

So my sons both easily excelled in school and had zero behavioral or social or developmental issues.

That said, one has a bday right after the cutoff (so old for the grade).  He turned 19 after the 9/1 cutoff he had for K and went to college at 19.

Just in terms of maturation, I see a big difference between him and my April bday son.  He's a Jr in HS and thriving and straight As too --but just the social factors he seems much younger this Jr year than his brother did.  I am hearing from many friends of boys with late bdays (later than both my kids) that went to college 'on time' that they are struggling a bit (socially/academically, etc) when they left for college at 17 or the month they turned 18.  I really think there is a big difference. Is it true for all boys---no--I am sure there are plenty who have no issues.  This is my own anecdotal --take it however you want.  Teens today are also behind on many social markers--leftover from Covid and a lot to do with social media/screens, etc.[/quote]

It's very interesting. My early fall birthday DS wasn't even close to the oldest boy in his class at his private school. They would rarely take a boy born after April (told them to wait another year). They do it because they can.

We have a relative who is a female that is 6 months younger than my DS but in the same class year. They both did well academically, but the interesting thing is that she was always more mature socially than my son, but now they're Juniors in college, my son has caught up and now seems more mature than her, in many ways. It's like he became an "adult" in a matter of months and she's stuck at "college student." [/quote]

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