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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gift of time. Don’t send a 4 almost 5 year old to kinder. Nothing wrong with be one of the older fall babies in the class (October, November, December). [/quote]

I sent my daughter ON TIME as a mid September birthday. She fits right in physically, academically and has a ton of friends socially. I can't even imagine it if she had been redshirted just because of this "gift of time" nonsense. She was ready. [/quote]

And this is exactly why PARENTS should have the choice to give their kids the gift of time. Your child might be ON TIME (emphasis yours), but what if she was born two weeks later and missed the cut off? Would she be "late" because she was one of the oldest? Kids mature differently and it's the parent's decision.

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That's not what you stated in your post...there is no such thing as a universal "Don’t send a 4 almost 5 year old to kinder." [/quote]

Just remember this:
Years ago I knew a single parent who sent her DD early.  She was bright and the mom needed her to be in school.  I saw the mom a few years later, and she said: "Why didn't anyone warn me about high school?"  Her DD was struggling and there were problems.  Was her youth the problem?  I don't know, but the mom thought it was.  Her friends were driving and she wasn't, etc.  I think she was hanging socially with kids who were out of her league.[/quote]

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