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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IF there is no confirmed medical reason to hold a child back, then the child should go to school. Poor academics is the last reason to keep a child from starting school. In school, your child will get the help that he needs to succeed academically and if necessary, socially. Is the pre-school going to provide your child the services he needs to catch up to his peers? Are you? Are you or the pre-k teachers trained to provided the additional help your child may or may not need? 
I sent my late September birthday son to school on time. One more year home would have drove him and us crazy. He was stuttering and a poor reader. I feel that if I had delayed entry he would be even further behind in reading. Right now he gets the attention that he needs for reading and stuttering and is able to excel in math and science.[/quote]

This is a good point.  I'm not a fan of delaying unless there is a real issue, but this points out that even when there is an issue it could keep kids from getting important services and help.  For some kids, instead of an additional year "of being a kid" (as I've seen some parents put it), it can instead be languishing for an additional year.[/quote]

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