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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The irony is that the only reason I care about your kids is that I believe if your child is so slow that they need a full year to catch up, they should be seen by a professional. Redshirting parents buckle against that. [/quote]

They are a few year older then just a few. Anti people always say thing, but really it’s putting these kids at a level playing field, not giving them them this great advantage. Not all kids need it, but some do and it doesn’t mean they are LD. Get off your high horse. [/quote]

A level playing field? Why? School isn’t a competition right? Who cares what the field looks like - your child and their needs are all that matters I thought? Also- dropping them onto a “field” of kids a year younger because you could afford a year more of school or daycare certainly doesn’t level the field for the kids whosec parents couldn’t afford that.

It’s not actually a level playing field you want, it’s one that gets your kid off the bench.[/quote]

Hyperbole. It’s not a whole field of kids a year younger. It’s a range of kids, some who are younger, but many who close to her age, just as it would be if she was the youngest, but there is one clear difference: my kid was not ready to Start K at age 4. Not the K of today in public school. She was ready to start about six months later when she was just shy of 5 1/2, but at that point it was February and school doesn’t start in February (I wish it did). You could say, “see! She would have been fine eventually!!” But in reality she would have always been little behind because she wasn’t ready. It’s not just what I think, I am a teacher and see it all the time. I don’t need my kid to have a whole year advantage on other kids, just start at a time where she will succeed. [/quote]

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