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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why do you care? My son has had continuing delays and at the recommendation of his preschool, his developmental pediatrician, and our careful consideration, will turn 7 in K. He is socially around 5. It is simply none of your concern.

Most of the 7 year olds in K are not "socially around 5", they are "socially around 7". That's why we care, and I'm not sure why you don't.[/quote]

I agree.  My son is in 1st grade and there are a number of redshirted or otherwise held back boys in his class that are more than a year older.  [b]They are genuinely nice kids, but socially, they have nothing in common with a 6 year old[/b].  If too many parents do it, or too many kids are held back for academic or attendance reasons by the school, it creates an inappropriate social environment for the kids who are the expected age for their grade.  [/quote]

Are you honestly saying a 7 year old has nothing in common with a 6 year old?  You can't be serious.   I would guess 70% of 1st graders will turn 7 during 1st grade. 
BTW you do realize that even when everyone goes on time there can be a 1 year difference.  2 days after 1 of DS's 1st grade classmates turned 6 another child turned 7.  They both went on time.

I would guess there is not half as much red-shirting as people assume.  Whenever I tell people DS is 7 they ask if he is in 2nd grade. No, he was born at the end of October.  One month past the deadline. 
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