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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is oldest girl in her grade (school has a Sep 1 cutoff and she has a Sep birthday). She’s also the biggest in her grade, height and weight. She is very self conscious about it already and she’s only in elementary. Also she’s very smart but doesn’t like to challenge herself or stand out, so she just stays right in the middle of the pack academically rather than keeping up with older kids, which she used to do before she entered this school. Overall I think it’s been bad for her and I wish we had started her in public with an Oct 1 cut off. It’s hard to predict the future OP but thought I’d share another perspective. [/quote]

+1, with girls I think the ideal is to be middle of the pack in terms of age and development. Not only do girls who are taller/bigger than the rest of the class get unwanted attention for it, but being the first girl in your grade to go through puberty can be much worse -- being the first to develop breasts or get your period. All girls go through it and it is also stressful being last, but being first can be extremely lonely and can also lead to some very unwelcome interest from not just peers but adults.

Normal redshirting can make a girl an outlier during puberty but in OP's case I think it would help bring her DD in line with others and make that time, which is frankly not very fun for most girls, slightly less embarrassing and miserable.[/quote]

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