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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My newly turned 6 year old (August 2015) is going to 1st Grade, and so are his two cousins  July 2014 (redshirted) and October 2014 (missed cutoff).  They're all about the same size and same level for reading and math.

My kid knows he's the youngest in his class, but he's doing well in school and is social skills are good.

I think he would have been at a disadvantage doing another year of preschool or Kindergarten.   All this to say, each kid is different and you can't go by statistics for what's best for your individual child.

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First of all, I was asking about kids born between October and December. A kid with an August birthday is pretty close to the middle of the pack, albeit still on the young side. Secondly, as well as he's doing, you do realize that he'd be doing even better had he been redshirted. A kid with a January birthday who did poorly would've done even worse had they started a year earlier. A kid with a December birthday who excelled would've done even better had they started a year later. Any individual would do better starting later than earlier.[/quote]

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