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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My May birthday DS is a rising Freshman this year and I wish Every Single Day that I had not sent him to kindergarten on time. He was socially and academically ready for Kindergarten, but now that he is the youngest of his rising Freshman class and since he hasn't started puberty (so looks more like a rising 8th grader), I regret sending him on time.

I don't pay attention to the DCUM redshirt-haters and wouldn't base my decision on an anonymous board, but would look at the demographics of your actual school.

Almost anyone will tell you that you never regret waiting.[/quote]

That's not true - a ton of parents on this board will come on and say that they regret it.  That their kids are bored, acting up, etc as the oldest and largest child in K.  As the mother of the youngest child in Kindergarten, I see this.  It's the redshirted boys that are much larger than her and bullying her.  Her K teacher has flat out said it's been a big problem in her classroom the past several years.  YOU'RE not the one whose 5 year old daughter comes home crying because a boy two years older and 20-30 pounds heavier than her has been bullying her - saying mean things, pushing her down, taking her things.  SHAME ON YOU, and shame on all the parents who hold their kids back a year so they can terrorize the younger APPROPRIATELY AGED children.

Why can't people just follow the rules???
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