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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents with boys born in the spring and early summer will secretly hate you and talk about you behind your back.  It's true.  [/quote]

?? I don't understand this.[/quote]

You would understand if your son was born in June and is small for his size.  Because when he plays on the playground before school, at recess, and after school with a redshirted August manchild the physical size difference is significant.  Boys roughhouse more than the teachers and parents can police.  It can easily become an unintentional bullying situation.  The smaller boy will come home crying, a lot.  I've seen it happen.  That's one reason the other parents will end up not liking you.  There are other reasons.  Please start your kid when you are supposed to.  [/quote]

DS1 is a spring birth in his correct grade, right now 1st. With tall genes, he is a head taller than all of the other kids and has always been. He has very good control of his body and is taught not to engage physically except in self defense. The littlest kids in the class are the ones who challenge him the most, although it is quite an infrequent thing (twice this year, nobody got hurt bc DS is faster and can block their attempts at punching, hitting, etc.). PP's post is silly and should be teaching her runty kids not to be physical - they can be bullies and hurt other, bigger kids, too. Size is not a reason to hold a kid back or, in our case, to push a kid forward a grade.[/quote]

I have noticed the same thing. My son is a December birthday,in the right grade, and the tallest in his grade. It is the smaller boys that tend to engage him physically (And sometimes really rough - shoving so he is falls on the ground, hitting with fists, etc). [/quote]

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