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[quote=Anonymous]When one looks at the conflicting results in this morass; confounders such as the educational preparation and rigor in the home well before some children even walk through the brick and mortar doors of a Kindergarten classroom and ongoing supplemental education and tutoring outside of the traditional elmentary classroom, it becomes clear why these are all flawed studies with inadequate control groups.

So, I am left to fall back to my own anecdotal experience.

I did not suffer one iota from being 2 to 3 years younger than my classmates throughout formal education.  In fact, it may have benefitted me providing me an advantage!  My children are not suffering presently and lead the academic and extracurricular pack 1 to 2 years younger than their respective classmates.  Older children in our classrooms had no adverse effects on our academic performance and socialization.  Until valid, well designed and controlled studies are done I do not support the conclusion that young children suffer adverse effects in classrooms with older children.  Paradoxically, I have no personal experience of being an elder in a classroom of youngsters and short and longterm effects on academic and social performance; but, I would not, by strategic parental design, impose such an order on any of my children.  I could care less if redshirt dinosaurs hang out in their classrooms for some concocted yet unproven perceived advantage or benefit provided they are orderly and follow the class rules (this also applies to the young tadpoles in the class). [/quote]

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