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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your August girl is going to feel really stupid in middle school when the girls with her same birthday are a year ahead. Be careful.[/quote]

Curious why you think that—I don’t think I’ve seen any evidence that younger kids stay behind for long.

Anecdotal, but I was an Oct. bday, so pretty young.  I can’t think of any way being younger affected me negatively.  I had friends, was in G&T, scored well on standardized tests/SATs, etc.  Why would I assume my Sept. bday child would fare poorly when I didn’t?  She started on time and is doing well several years in?[/quote]

I think the person you’re quoting meant the girl will feel dumb if she’s held back and there are kids with her same bday a grade ahead [/quote]

Exactly. She turns 15 on the same day as a girl in the grade above her. Not a good look.[/quote]

But there would be kids born just a couple weeks after her in the same grade, most likely in addition to other redshirt kids[/quote]

I personally think it matters whether the kid was held back rather than missed the cut off - in their internal understanding of their age. [/quote]

Kids used to just ask other kids, "why are you older than us?"

These days I guess they figure it out for themselves. Or they're told by their parents. Most parents will make sure their kids know that they're competing against kids a year or more older (if that's the case).[/quote]

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