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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]a different perspective.

i'm an adult but when i started school i was supposed to repeat kindergarten b/c of my birthday. my mother pushed for me to start 1st b/c she thought i was ready. this was in the 90s  so i think it was more lax, but they eventually let me into first grade b/c i could read the word they put in front of me (this wasn't a formal test, just the school registrar putting a word in front of me).

anyway i've been one of the youngest if not the youngest  in my classes from k-12. even among my college suitemates i was the youngest. the age issues matters SO, VERY, VERY  little if your kid is developmentally on target.

i have an august child and he will be up to a year younger than other kids. unless i feel strongly about this maturity i will send him. i will say that physically he is tall (taller than some of his friends who are 6 months older) and since i was often the tallest person of my gender in class i forsee his height having a similar impact on him as it did on  me: people assumed i was 2-3 years older than i was up until high school when height became less of an indication of age. [/quote]
Anecdotes are just that, anecdotes. I was always the youngest in my class (October birthday) and HATED it. I sent my August boy at 6 and am so glad we waited. [/quote]

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