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[quote=Anonymous]If your child is exceptionally bright, do not hold him back. He will be bored and will act out in class, amplifying whatever social immaturity he may already exhibit. If he is an average student, then listen to your preschool teachers. The PP who said not to listen probably didn't have experienced preschool teachers for her kids--my kids' preschool teachers have been teaching for 20 years + and their experience having ushered hundreds of kids from preschool to K was invaluable for me. Both of my kids ended up at so-called "Big 3" private schools with summer birthdays and started on time. They were a little immature socially in K-2, but by upper elementary school you could not tell that they were among the youngest in their classes. By MS, the kids who struggled academically were counseled out, and this happened regardless of how old or how young the kids were. The kids who were young actually fared the best in HS--they did not run around with the "fast" crowd, seemed to be more enthusiastic about their hobbies/ECs, and did very well academically.[/quote]

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