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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By 7th grade being the youngest and smallest really sucks and erodes at your confidence as you get picked last in PE, always make the B team for sports and hit puberty way later than most of the other boys in your grade. Not to mention maturity as it comes to social dynamics of being less mature.

You may think your kid is a genius now and should head over to K so as to not be ‘bored’ in PK but really, it’s PK and it’s all fleeting.

you need to play the long game here. Any academic advanced traits in reading or math even out by 4-5th grade so rushing the process really gets you nothing.

Your kid will thank you. The social aspect of not being the baby in the grade is so key once he gets older.

Plus you get a whole extra year with him before college which is hard to imagine right now but which you will be SOO grateful for as a mama once your kids start to grow up. The extra year is such a gift…

No regrets from this mama whose September birthday kid is the  seventh  oldest in his grade (lots of August birthdays)[/quote]

I want my kid to go through age appropriate norms.  Holding them back so I can have an extra year makes it about me not them.  I’d rather convince them to go to college where we can visit regularly.

You must have very young kids to call yourself mama.

By the time they get through high school I’m tired.  I’m ready.   Especially with all the activity and school driving. You set them up to be successful as best you can, continue to support them and allow them to grow up and have age appropriate life experiences.

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Good for you? We are not all you and make our own decisions accordingly. Not everyone is a parent to an only child either. If you held back your oldest or middles and not the youngest nothing really changes and you won't magically have more energy at the end of it all. The nest empties at the same time.[/quote]

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