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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of nutcases posting here.  Worry about your own kids.  The cutoffs are arbitrary.[/quote]

The issue is when the younger kids are called immature or other things by teachers who are not being developmentally appropriate in their beliefs and don’t get it’s the older kids who have the maturity issues.  Parents hold back for immature behavior or what they think is, then compare their older kids to younger kids and then say they are more mature when they aren’t.  [/quote]

Absolutely. Holding kids back because it's "what's best for them" puts other kids at a disadvantage. I blame the schools for not enforcing this. Someone in Big 3 admissions mentioned that they're accepting March birthdays being held back now. I guess that's fine, but choose a line and stick to it. Otherwise we will eventually end up with seven year old kindergartners who "needed the gift of time "[/quote]

So don’t apply to the school, if you don’t like their admissions policies. Problem solved. [/quote]

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