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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a daughter born 14 days before our cutoff and I’m planning to hold her. [/quote]

Also… I actually have three kids with fall birthdays (we’re in NY where the public school cutoff is 12/31 but most private schools are 9/1 or 10/1, except for ours). I held my oldest back, a boy, no brainer. My girls are 6 weeks and 2 weeks before the cutoff. While I think tbe decision is more nuanced for girls, I think that kids are pressured to grow up too fast these days. If they are close to the cut off and I can buy them an extra year of childhood, extra play based time, extra time without a phone, or sleepaway camps, or the pressure of high school, social media… I think that’s a good thing.

My oldest is in kindergarten (he turned 6 instead of 5) and it’s a very long, highly structured day. They get one hour of lunch and recess and that’s it for outdoor time. [/quote]

Ok, lets see, you hate boys.  You aren't buying your kids an extra year of childhood as that's impossible.  You are slowing them down for your needs.  Play based will not prepare them for school so kids will be ahead of yours.  Its not a long day if you prepared your kids and they were in a full day preschool.  You don't get them an extra year of sleep away camp - if you want them to stay kids, why send them away as most go by age and grade, and get off your phone if you are against social media.[/quote]

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