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Every stage (not just the 4/5/6 yo) difference matters - puberty, driving, etc.  It was best said to me do you want your 17 yo making a decision to get into a car with their friend who was drinking. Life decisions and maturity level are made during your teenage years.  A little extra maturity will hopefully help out.
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I also have an Aug birthday DS and we're sending him on time.  I have heard this argument about maturity WRt driving, drinking, etc.  but not sure what people mean.

My kid wil turn 17 when he turns 17.  He can't drive before that whether he's a senior in HS or a junior in HS.  It's based on grade not age.  Are you assuming that if your child is the oldest in the class he will be more mature than his friends?  What about having friends in different grades?  In HS, I had friends from grades above and below me from being involved in drama and band.  So, when I was a sophomore, I had senior friends that could drive already anyway.

I don't really think that redshirting ensure that your kid will be more 'mature' and make more 'mature' decisions regarding drinking/driving/sex.  But that's totally just my opinion!  [/quote]

I have one son who was redshirted and the other who started school on time, despite a late birthday. Both have done very well, both intellectually and socially. They are both in high school.

Concerning having a boy who is one of the oldest in his class, I can tell you, it doesn't matter -- my sons peers/friends are not quite as old as he is (he's 18, they are 17) but they all hang out together and do the exact same things. Being a few months older than your peers doesn't put you at a different maturity level! However, my DS can now get into a lot more trouble than his friends if they do something illegal, simply because he IS considered an adult, while his friends are still considered juveniles. And what PP said about hanging out with kids from different grades is entirely true. One of my youngest's best friends is two grades above him.

The comments about puberty the PP mentioned have not been a factor AT ALL for my boys. The school my kids attend in MCPS has kids from all over the world, and when kids move here sometimes they are behind educationally, so it has not been unusual to find a two year range of ages within a grade level.  By the time kids are in 7th grade, you have some boys going through puberty while others won't go through it until years later, so see boys ranging in height from below 5 feet to over 6 feet. My youngest is just now going through puberty and he says he has never been teased about his size. On the other hand, my other son went through puberty in 7th grade and was self-consious about being so much taller than his classmates.

You can't predict these things. When it comes to redshirting, focus more on where your child is now and where you think they will be in the next 3-5 years, instead of trying to guess what will happen to them in middle and high school.

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