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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We didn't start our July bday boy until he was 6.  We had him enrolled, went to K orientation and everything.  His pre-K teacher really recommended that we wait a year due to his behavior in class (normal for a boy his age - but probably a little hard for him to sit still, etc.).  We stressed over the decision.  It was financially very difficult for us to wait.  We asked everyone we knew - family members who were teachers, close friends who were school administrators, other parents who had sent them early, other parents who sent them late.  We read all the studies (there aren't many out there).  Everyone said the same thing - you won't regret it if you wait, but you will if you send him too early.  So we sacrificed and followed the trusted advice we were given.

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Don't you think that was a bit greedy? Redshirting someone before October and December is somewhat understandable(but still not justified), as those kids are roughly in the youngest quarter, but someone with a July birthday is almost in the middle. In fact, someone born on July 1st, would be slightly on the older, as July 2nd is the middle day of a leap-year and the 1st day on the later half of a non-leap-year. Even if he was born on July 31st, he would've been older than roughly 42 percent of his classmates.[/quote]

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