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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people think holding back a child is a innocuous decision. I disagree with this strongly. One of PP made a good point for a really gifted child, being one year ahead may not be important since school would still be too easy. For the more typical situation,  I think holding back an academically ready kid for social reason can stunt their growth. I wonder why the studies cited in that New Yorker article is not talked about more often.

I was older for my grade, not held back just by the birth month,  and I was out of a step with most kids. I don't think I found my people until graduate school.  Being older in a grade does not guarantee social success. [/quote]

A PP who posted I would hold back.  I think this is one of those situations where context matters, and at least in our experience at private there is a de facto June 1 cutoff - for our child's class there were 2 summer girls who went on time and zero boys, while I know at least 6 kids who turned 6 the summer before K, and there were probably more.

We can certainly debate whether or not this level of prevalent red shirting is a good thing, but when considering when to send a summer birthday it is important to acknowledge that for better or worse this is the reality.[/quote]

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