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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]And I think that if everyone sent their kids at the same time, you'd actually see a greater spread. Parents generally decide to hold kids back because they're concerned that their kids would be outliers in a classroom full of age-mates.[/quote]

I'm the poster you quote, and we will just have to agree to disagree. Like some of the PPs have mentioned I know many people who hold their kids back for "the gift of time", to "be a leader" and MANY of them "because that is what you do with boys here". I do know a few people who have held their children back for various developmental reasons and I'm not sure it was a good thing in those cases either. [i]For the people I know[/i], it led to their children being diagnosed with various issues (ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, HFA) at a later age than they probably would have been diagnosed earlier if they had been sent on time.

I don't deny that parents should have options, but I think that this is not an option without consequences for the children and for their classmates.[/quote]

Listen, unless you have a child who has some developmental issues and has been diagnosed as such from an early age, I think you have no idea how it feels to struggle with this issue.  My son (luckily) JUST missed the age cut-off for K this year.  He is in speech and language therapy and truly does not keep up with his peers when it comes to language/reading/etc.  He is strong in other ways, but I want what is best for him. If he had been born 10 days earlier, I'd be one of those mothers you are criticizing.

Unless you have been in our shoes, I suggest you just shut it b/c I would bet money you'd be doing the same thing the rest of us are doing if you were in our position.[/quote]

I suggest you shut it since this discussion is not about children with DIAGNOSED disabilities.    I have a child with disabilities.    [/quote]

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