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Reply to "Oldest kids in class do better, even through college - NPR"
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[quote=Anonymous]In my experience as a middle school teacher (nearly 3 decades), I've seen many extremely bright summer birthday kids (especially boys, but girls as well) hit a wall academically around 7th-grade when kids who are even a bit older start to leapfrog over them in terms of maturity. This often plays out in terms of poor organizational skills that can swamp even the most able students. At the same time, the younger kids find themselves struggling to keep up as the social scene changes dramatically. For this reason, my husband and I decided to have our own summer birthday kids start kindergarten at age 6. We have never regretted it. [/quote]
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