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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless she's huge and way ahead of her age emotionally and academically, yes I would.  Maybe even if she was.  I was always the youngest and smallest in school, and it totally sucked.  Especially sports.  As a teacher, it's true that girls suffered way less from being young than boys, but December is really pushing it.  I mean, if you ever moved to another district, especially one with tons of redshirting like mine, then she'd be over a year younger than her classmates.  [/quote]

I was always the youngest and smallest in school, and things were fine. There, now we have two anecdotes. Actually, three anecdotes, because my kid is also the youngest and smallest, and things are fine. My kid would have been the smallest even if I had held my kid back a year.

The point is that it's just as silly to say, "It is always bad to be the youngest and smallest; hold your child back!" as it is to say, "It is never a problem to be the youngest and smallest; send your child on time!". It depends on the individual child. And what is OP's individual child going to be like at kindergarten-starting age? Nobody knows, BECAUSE OP'S CHILD IS ONE YEAR OLD.[/quote]

Yes, I have heard a countless number of stories about people who were young for their grade and at the top of their class, and based on what you just said, there are also people who are old for their grade, but at the bottom of their class. However, I haven't heard a story lie that, which is rather frustrating. It would be nice to hear someone say something like, "I always struggled in school despite being redshirted," but I have yet to see a story like that. It's rather annoying really.[/quote]

If their kids were held back and struggling, they aren't going to talk about it online.[/quote]

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