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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry but my son  (August 30) wasn't ready for K at 5. Maybe if schools were different, he would have been. But he wasn't ready to sit on a laptop 5 hours a day, 30 min recess, he couldn't read yet, [b]still wore a pullup at night[/b]. If K had been anything like his high quality, play based Pre-K I would have sent him.

At 6 he was perfectly ready for school. He felt confident and a leader in class. He could read, no pullups. Teachers praised his ability to sit still and control himself all year in K.

FWIW I sent my August dd to school on time. She was ready and school is more designed for girls IMO. [/quote]

Mine youngest still wears an overnight pullup in 3rd grade. His doctor just shrugs and says some kids take a long time to have dry nights. It has no correlation to cognitive ability, emotional maturity, academic ability or even physical size. That is not a good reason to redshirt. If you were using that as your justification, you were either lying to yourself about the real reason, or badly misinformed.[/quote]

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