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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Professionally, I am in risk management -- ask yourself looking at your kid, how much risk is there is sending them when they'd be the youngest vs oldest. How much risk are you willing to take to get to your goal.

We have a DS with a November birthday and one with a late August birthday. After seeing older son (now finishing his Freshman in HS year) be one of the oldest, wasn't a question about holding our other DC. He did K in a Montessori and then K at the neighborhood elementary school. He's "graduating" 6th grade this week and while definitely advanced academically, socially, and physically, I am still so so glad we gave him an extra year.  Between the pandemic and everything else in life, I'm glad that he will be starting 7th in 10 1/2 weeks instead of 8th.

It's not really K readiness -- as other posters have said -- it's 4th grade, it's 7th, it's HS and beyond. We are in such a race to nowhere, if you can give your kid the gift of time, do it.
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Your child isn't advanced, he's older.  I don't get why people pretend their kid is advanced when they aren't.  My kid started Algebra in 6th with a fall birthday (so started a year before yours did).  That is advanced.  So glad we helped with academics early on and saw his potential vs. holding him back.  However, for the November child, no place would take your child early so its a non-issue but if you held back the August one, that would mean they aren't advanced and they are actually behind their real peers.[/quote]

DP - I get what you're saying about older vs advanced, but in the school setting they aren't constantly adjusting the curve for when the kids' birthdays are. The older kid who appears to be advanced compared to the kid that is a year younger gets the advantages. [/quote]

Not necessarily.  It goes by ability.  My young for the grade child started Algebra in 6th.  It had nothing to do with age or grade, it had to do with  ability (and the school offering the opportunity).  If we held them back, how would that have made a difference except they'd be really bored in school having got be an extra year in  ES.  The advantage isn't often a real advantage as the smart kids will be on top academically regardless of age.[/quote]

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