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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in the same boat right now, also.  My DD is a Sept birthday, tested and was accepted for early entrance into Kindergarten, is reading at a 3rd grade level, we opted to put her in a private Kindergarten when she just turned five, and now she is turning six this month and started Kindergarten in public schools.  So she is repeating Kindergarten.

Yes, I do think she will be "bored" this year.  But I think she is right where she should be socially.  Plus, all of her new friends are all Sept and Oct birthdays, ironically!  So, if we had "pushed" her she would have been almost one year younger than all of her new friends.  While we think that might be fine for now, we thought it might catch up with her in the teen years.  The entire reason why we decided to place her where the County says she should be is because of the teen years.  We didn't want our DD to be the youngest and most impressionable when the pressures get tougher as they get older and face real issues.

We're already seeing the benefits though.  On the second day of class, she was the only student who wrote and read her own introduction of herself in front of the class.  Consequently, she was the only one who received applause.  She was just beaming!  She was so proud of herself.  And I was extremely proud of the confidence she showed!  She would NEVER have done that a year ago.  Never.  So we're hoping that this confidence just builds as the years go on.

I, myself, am a September birthday.  And I would never have gone up in front of the class to introduce myself especially when not one other single student did.  I also felt very young when I entered college at 17 years old.  I was also the last one to get my drivers license.  All things that made me feel younger and less mature than anyone in my high school class.

Its also not all about academics.  I was a straight A student, graduated Summa Cum Laude, and excelled in every academic facet.  Yet, socially, I was awkward.  We're hoping that this extra year gives our DD more social confidence.  She doesn't need the year for academics.  She probably doesn't even need the year for social development.  But we think it will help her overall confidence as the years go on.

Time will tell!  In the end, we're all just trying to do the best for our kids.  No one has the right answers.  [/quote]

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