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[quote=Anonymous]We did not hold back our son, and I can't say for sure that it was the right decision or the wrong one. Honestly, I think he will be fine either way. We were motivated by the studies showing that its an advantage long term to be one of the younger kids in a classroom, and by a vague sense that holding him back would give him the message that we thought he needed an artifcial advantage. One thing we did not consider because we were not aware how prevelant holding back is is that he would be the youngest by a lot among his class. I worry sometimes that this will be hard during puberty, when he is smaller and more boyish and the other boys start to look and sound like adults. With a girl, however, I would consider the potential difficulty of being among the earliest to hit puberty, which has its challenges, too. [/quote]
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