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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes, people are resdshiritng boys!!!! It has nothing to do with anything else but trying to give them an age advantage. According to my neighbors, it will help them get bigger, faster, and more mature. How mature must one actually be to attend K and 1st grade? It is very typical in both public and private schools.

All we are asking is do not hold our children out of school based on age, if they are ready to move forward. Create a class for the reshirt crew, and let my child move on at his rapid pace. This has nothing to do with competition or fear. Why can't we accept that some humans are simply more advanced than others, and therefore, should not be stifled by the system that wants to dumb down everything and everyone?

Why are we holding back academically prepared kids (especially boys) because of age? It is wrong!!!! We do the same crap on jobs - shut down and harass smart workers.

Montgomery County Mom [/quote]

As one who was 3 years younger than my classmates throughout the process from elementary school all the way to professional school I was not at any disadvantage.  Leave the older kids alone and take care of your own business if you wish to succeed.  We do not need other mothers and fathers to police whose kid is ready or not ready for school.  Join the real world folk.

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FYI – I started Kindergarten at 4, like my kid did last year. He and I both began reading, adding, subtracting, and etc. very early; not because of competitive parenting either. I started first grade at 5. My son cannot do so, because of the system that insists he is too young compared to the redshirts and others. I think that is what people are complaining about -  their children are being told they cannot start, while other people don’t want their kids to start. I, like many, have been told it is because he is a boy! There is a global assumption that boys are incapable of succeeding socially in early life. That is a problem for those who can do it, even when they are not forced. Get it….??[/quote]

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