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[quote=Anonymous] My younger one was born in September in a state with a strict September 1st cutoff date. She has always been the oldest in her class. She did two years of pre-k because she was too young for K, but I think one year would have been enough. She was bullied in fourth grade but PreK-3 and 5th/6th/beginning of 7th have been smooth sailing socially. She has never struggled academically.

My older one was born in January 2009. I found out I was pregnant in early 2008 after a year of infertility. A lot of people weren't trying to get pregnant during the recession, and as a result, there are more kids in her grade born in late 2008 compared to early 2009. She is younger than 60-70% of her grade. She has never had any academic problems, but it's been harder for her socially than her younger sister. She was a late bloomer socially. She was bullied in preschool and was a bit of a follower in K-5 (she would get very clingy to her best friends, and she didn't understand why those girls' other friends didn't like her). Fourth to ninth grade was hard due to mean girls but now in high school, she has found her friend group and is doing really well. I think an extra year would have helped her, but we don't live in a state were redshirting in public school is the norm. It is very discouraged in our southern state compared to DC/NYC where redshirting is encouraged in public school.

Hindsight is 50/50. Kids can have challenges no matter what month they are born but I do think that it is better to have a fall baby than an August baby. [/quote]

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