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[quote=Anonymous]We let our summer birthday boy stay on grade as youngest in class until 1st grade when he told us he really wanted to repeat.  We red-shirted him and is doing very well in grade 2 this year.  He would always be either the youngest or oldest - there's no good answer.  I was youngest in my class and DH was oldest in his.  I did very well and loved being youngest but I suspect my life would have turned out better if I had been held back.  A lot of the decisions I've made in my life weren't necessarily thought out well - I think I would have benefited from an extra year of just being able to be me.  I felt a lot of pressure academically and socially to achieve - I don't have a naturally strong sense of self and an extra year would have I think made me feel less pressured in many ways.  My husband while not the high achiever I was, in his later years has done very well professionally and socially.

So philosophically speaking it's not always about having more money to red shirt - we tried not with our kid but if we ultimately might be doing so, easier and better earlier than later.   It could have gone either way with benefits in both direction.  It's a terrible position to be in really from our perspective.  DD is December birthday and it's so much easier letting her be and no pressure on whether we made a "right" or "good" decision as parents.

I think you can be anywhere and you'll find different classes with different variables - as long as you make the right decision for your son based on his personality/needs, you'll be fine.  It will work out no matter what since there's no other way!!  You can always try to stay on course and he's young enough you can red shirt at a later date.  Our son was the youngest in grade one by 12-18 months which bothered me a lot but having repeated this year, he's now the oldest but knowing him as we do, I would say to those parents of kids 12-18 younger than him, he really belongs in grade 2 with their kids.

Good luck![/quote]

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