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[quote=Anonymous]I just don't get it.

DS (now in high school) started on time when the cutoff was 12/31, so he was 4 1/2. He has consistently been one of the youngest, or the youngest, in the class. He has also been generally seen as one of the brightest kids in the class, so no disadvantage there. He is middle of the pack socially and athletically. He was behind for years on fine motor skills, but would have been behind if he were two grades behind too. He entered puberty at the typical age; some kids were very late, so he was never the smallest/least developed. He has a good friend with a late birthday who was the first kid in his grade to shave.

DS was behind the girls socially during middle school, but so were all of his friends, even those who are a year older than him. Compared to other boys, there are some boys I would prefer he not hang with (drinking, etc) who are 15 months older than him, but other partiers are within a few months of his age, and he also has good friends who are more than a year older than him.

Sometimes I think that most (but not all) of the parents worried about older kids are the parents of very young kids, where a few months actually does make a big difference developmentally. In my experience, by first grade the effect is minimal, and by fifth grade it has disappeared.

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