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[quote=Anonymous]Covid affected the start for lots of kids and it will be a lump in the system.

As for maturity - make an appt and talk to the guidance counselors at your middle school.  See what they have to say about the success of the “younger” kids.  Then talk to a guidance counselor at your high school.  Again make an appt. to go to the school so you can see.

We sent our daughter with an Oct birthday as a 4 turning 5.  She was an easy call to repeat K.  She did okay academically - but not great.  And she was okay socially - but not a leader.  We decided to repeat K and soon learned that parents of 4 other girls with Sep-Oct birthdays made the same decision.  We had a monster K soccer team with all the returning veterans.

Of the group of 5 - my kid is now an O/P, 1 is finishing med school, two are new lawyers -and one is a RN.  Would they have done that if they had gone forward after starting at 4 or as a young 5?  Can’t say of course though I doubt my kid would have done as well.  The extra year certainly made her a college soccer player  which was a huge benefit in her teen/adult maturity and growth.
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