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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Top of the class academically and behind socially/emotionally ... want to do what's best for him. Very new to the idea of "redshirting."

1. Anyone who went ahead and enrolled for K against the advice of Pre-k teacher and ended up happy and eventually caught up socially? or the opposite?
2. Is there any stigma attached to older boys applying to privates, ie-are admissions harder?
3. If your DS was super smart but immature and you kept him in pre-K, later on were the academics challenging enough?

I realize this is a controversial issue, and understand parent's complaints about older kids in the class. I am hoping for some real advice rather than rants about birthdays/competition, etc.[/quote]

OP, I went ahead and enrolled my DS against the advice of a teacher.  It wasn't just the teacher, the school gave him the Gesell development test and an academic test and told me that although he was academically ready, he was not socially ready. My DS is only in 1st, but doing great socially.  I don't think anyone really knows how it's going to turn out for a kid.  Mine probably just developed socially over the summer and then was ready come Sept 1st when he was 5.

As an aside, in 1st grade, the kids know who was held back and who wasn't.  They talk about how so-and-so is supposed to be in 2nd grade.  My DS asked me why - how can I answer truthfully without it sounding bad? Either they had a learning disability or their parents didn't think they were ready - neither is a compliment for the child. On the other end, they know the kids who started 1st grade at only 5 years old and they say they are supposed to be in K this year. ha![/quote]

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