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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks.  Is there no reason to consider holding back at 2 so she can socially go to k with her peers etc?  Also I hear what you're saying about reading and letters and counting etc but what about the social aspect?  Last to get her license?  Last to develop etc?  Youngest socially?[/quote]

OP, make the decision about holding her back when it's the right time to hold her back -- namely, when she is 4, and you can assess whether or not she's ready for kindergarten. Don't hold her back at 2 on grounds that you might hold her back at 4. What if you hold her back at 2, and at 4 it becomes apparent to everybody that she's ready for kindergarten?

Also, what about the social aspects?

Last to get her license? So what? Half of kids these days don't have their license at 18 anyway.

Last to develop? You can't know that, either at age 1 or at age 4 or 5. Some kids develop early. Some kids develop late.

Youngest socially? Again, you can't know that. Some young kids have great social skills. Some older kids have terrible social skills.

It sounds to me like you have already decided to hold her back. on grounds that this is abstractly the better decision for all children. But your child is ONE YEAR OLD. You don't know what she will be like when she is 4. Make a decision based on your individual child, not your abstract opinions about redshirting.[/quote]

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