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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not. She's now in high school.

It was a bit rough in early grade school because some kids in her class were a full year (or more) older. But now you can't tell the difference. Always being the youngest taught her to work harder academically. Nothing was ever handed to her; she had to reach. It is paying off now right when it needs to.

You know your kid best. If she's strong-willed, go for it.[/quote]
This.. we sent our Aug DD on time.  She is doing fairly well academically at 10.  Her personality is such that she is kind of lazy. If we had held her back, I think she would have coasted without having to try. Not a good thing for a lazy kid.[/quote]

Our experience too.  Mine does far better being challenged and pushed.  He'll work harder trying to keep and surpass his peers vs. if he was a year behind he'd be coasting through (well, technically he is anyway) and it would be a disaster not being challenged.[/quote]

Same here.  Our kid started PK3 in DCPS at age 2 (Aug. due date, born in Sept. with a 9/30 cutoff, so one of the youngest).  She has a good buddy a year older in the same grade who always hits milestones way before her, and that’s okay—as long as she works hard, we’re happy.

We’ve since switched her to private for language immersion, and she’s doing well.  We’d prefer her to be challenged academically and have to hustle a bit to keep up, rather than coasting through.  Like others, she can be a bit lazy, but if she sees other kids working hard she tends to rise to the challenge.

Not a factor at the time, but she’s always been one of the tallest kids in her class—she would absolutely tower over the other 1st graders if held back.  Also, I began puberty earlyish at age 8—if she follows suit, that would be potentially a little tough to be a 2nd grader hitting puberty.

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