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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here, and I am also interested. My son has a September 1 birthday, and I have no idea what to do. He seems to be ahead academically, but not emotionally, especially since he is the baby of the family. Would it be considered a negative to hold him back?[/quote]

My kid fell between the Sept 1 cut off for the school he attended first (in another school system), and the Arlington Sept 30 cut-off, so got redshirted by default by the time he shifted to APS. He doesn't seem out of place - he's only 2 weeks older than the October 1st kids after all.

I didn't think about this much when my kid was 5, but if you do send them at 4 years 11.5 months to kindergarten, they will be heading to college one year younger as well. Will it matter to you to be sending him away from home at 17?

In the long term I don't think it matters much - think of all the people you know who have shifted careers or changed degrees half way through or have taken gap years etc.  [/quote]

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