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[quote=Anonymous]We started our September boy on time and he started off seeming very young, but he was eager to keep up, and now, at the end of elementary, he is doing great in all respects. A lot of parents decide to redshirt to make things easier for their kids. We decided not to for a similar reason -- we wanted him to have the experience of having to work hard. So rather than having some sort of innate confidence, he has the experience of working to master something (waiting for his turn to talk, getting his letters to point the right direction, whatever) that wasn't easy for him. As the Experian ad says, "Everything you are now good at, you were once very bad at." I wouldn't send a kid who was going to be struggling for years. But having him not start at the top of the heap, instead getting there through conscious effort is, for him/us, better than the "gift of time" some people like to talk about.[/quote]
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