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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My apologies for just scanning this thread overall, but I wanted to add a dissenting voice that I am so glad my parents sent me to school (late December birthday with a 5 by 1/1 kindergarten cut off) instead of holding me.  I did feel small and young in early elementary school, but it was a non-issue later on.  Girls are developmentally ready earlier than boys, and I would have been frustrated and bored in class with boys a year younger than I was.  I liked finishing college at 21, having my masters at 22, and buying a condo at 25.  Getting launched early had financial and social benefits for me.[/quote]

I'll agree with you on the other end. I missed the cutoff by 2 days (private was an option to get around this) and being the oldest in my grade who hadn't been intentionally held was horrible socially and academically. I was bored and played babysitter for years with some of those boys. This sounds dramatic but the decision not to push was probably my parent's worst parenting decision. As it were, I left for greener pastures at 15 so they didn't even get that extra time they thought they would. I would be very hesitant to hold back a socially and academically mature and advanced girl. It sucked![/quote]

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