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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It actually is very tough.  Our kid was socially immature with an August bday so we held him back.  but yeah, kindergarten is not very academically challenging for him.  I wouldn't complain about it to other parents though. [/quote]

What exactly does socially immature mean? Can you give an example?[/quote]

Not PP, but my socially immature child at 5 had difficulty regulating his emotions and still threw tantrums.  (Sometimes daily) He never hit, but the fits were epic.   He had difficulty following directions. He had difficulty sharing and engaging in group play. He had difficulty sitting in a seat. [/quote]

But, and I am truly not trying to be argumentative here, absent a diagnosis isnt lot of that just personality? In a class of three-year-olds, some will follow directions well and play well in groups. Some will not. Some kids are more emotional than others. A teacher is used to the spectrum of kids who are all the same age yet different personalities.[/quote]

No, teachers actually are not used to a spectrum of kids.  In our experience, even public preschool teachers can be anxious about testing etc already and they will tag a misbehaving 3 year old as a problem or even try to force a diagnosis that does not exist.  The inability of preschool and kindergarten teachers to adjust to a spectrum of kids is actually one of the big reasons to redshirt these days.  I'm not entirely blaming the teachers, because I know that in part they are reacting to a rigid, test-focused environment that they did not create.  [/quote]

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