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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you’re doing a disservice to the child by keeping him behind his peers. He should go on time. Kids learn and grow a lot more in kindergarten than in prek. Why hold him back? I don’t think size has anything to do with this. A really tall or really small kid will be tall or small whether at the front end or back end age wise in a grade. What are you gaining by holding him back? All the readiness will come as he matures with more mature children. Being young can be a great advantage you have lots of great role models and constantly learning. Being the oldest can cause boredom, laziness etc. the only skills you need for kindergarten are being able to use the bathroom independently. [/quote]

This person has no idea what they are talking about. [/quote]

Yes they do.  [/quote]

Prove it.[/quote]

You prove why it's right to hold a child back for arbitrary reasons.  Keeping a child behind changes their peer group to a younger group so your child isn't maturing, they are being held to a lower standard, which hurts them.  They are the roll models as the older kids.

We listened to all the hold back non-sense.  It was a huge mistake.  Our child skipped a grade to make up for it.  I don't get why people push holding kids back except to justify their own choices. [/quote]

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