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It's kinda mindboggling to think that if he was born three weeks premature, with all the brain risks it involves, he would have qualified for K.[/quote]

Really?  OP.  There are lots of kids like that--and you know what the smart parents do?  They wait them out a year.  However, three weeks premature hardly brings that much "brain risk".  Good grief.

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DD was born at just over 34 weeks, and came home with me. No one ever suggested there was brain risk involved (they did try hard to keep from coming until lung maturity). I have certainly have never thought it a Miracle that she was developmentally normal and even (gasp!) became an extremely bright AAP student.

In an academically competitive county full of very bright kids who are routinely reading 3-4 years above grade level and are 2 years advanced in math in the AAP program (and where 15-20% of kids as being in the top 2% of IQ) I think you might be overestimating your child's uniqueness. And underestimating his need to learn the ropes of attending school and become a part of the school environment.  You do him no favors by making him the youngest kid in a class of other kids who have all been together for a year, and who all know how to change classes for specials, interact with other kids in the lunchroom, etc.  And who are all friends. Especially since boys lag behind girls in in social emotional development.   Every year, a group of parents makes an appointment to see the principal to convince him or her that K is a waste for her little snowflake. There is a reason principals usually say no. [/quote]

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