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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Has anyone told OP that a lot of people red shirt their July, Aug and September kids. OP-meaning they hold them back one year. It seems to be a somewhat "normal" thing to do in this area. This is why you are hearing everyone tell you your Dec birthday daughter will be in the middle of the pack in terms of age. Socially each kid is different. I wouldn't uses age to determine if she will be at the same "social" stage. There will be enough kids in the class with varying social skills in K that I don't think you need to worry.[/quote]

December is fine anyway.  I was in my 1st-graders classroom this morning & looked at their birthday chart on the wall.  Eleven kids in the class have October or November birthdays.  Even with no redshirting, more than a third of the class would be older than OP's December birthday kid.  When you add in the redshirts (I don't know which kids in my DC's class were redshifted, if any, but there were several Aug & Sept birthdays) probably half the class would be older than OP's kid. [/quote]

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