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[quote=Anonymous]Good post.  Thx.

[quote=Anonymous]Well, as a parent of kids on both sides of this issue, I am somewhat disturbed by some of the comments here.

My DD has always been one of the younger kids in her class. I cannot point to any negative incident that was a direct result of her being in the class with older kids. She had good and bad experiences with older kids and age level kids.  There was no disctinction.  In her case, the older kids were not “slow”.  They were pretty bright and she became good friends with many of them.  But we never became obsessed with the ages of her classmates.  In our minds, we had certain expecations for her and the ages of her classmates was irrelevant. They did not get in the way of her achievement.

My DS (5 years younger than DD) started a year late at the school’s request – he repeated pre-K. He is on the small side so size was never an issue.  He has done very well academically, but I am not sure that harms any of the other kids. If he had started on time, he would have been one of those disruptive kids – he was just not ready at 5.  Not solely my opinion.  The private school initiated the conversation.

But I must warn all you anti redshirters.  Once your kid gets to high school, they will be in the mix with folks of varying ages.  As a high school freshman, my DD was in Spanish classes and math classes with perfectly capable college bound HS juniors and seniors.  She is a varsity athlete, so as a 14YO freshman she was competing with and against 18 YO’s.  If you think there is difference between a 5 YO and a 7YO, wait until you see the difference between an 18YO getting ready for college and a 14YO still trying to find her locker!  But you know what?  That is life!!!

My advice is to worry more about what you can do to help your child progress – and stop focusing on the other children.  
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