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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We held our son back (July birthday) because he has ADHD. His preschool was completely full of boys with obvious ADHD who had summer birthdays. A good decision (and it's not because he's not smart--most ADHD kids are billiant/creative but prefrontal cortex takes longer to develop in those kids). The strong hunch about ADHD was confirmed at age 6 with official neuropsych diagnosis. But it wasn't at all surprising. It had nothing to do with intelligence or size (both off the charts). [/quote]

If you think he's smart, why didn't you have confidence in him to compete against kids his own age?[/quote]

Why do you think this is a competition?[/quote]

Because to anti-redshirters, education is a cage match and there can be only one winner. Natural Law Loonie thinks that the oldest children in the grade should be disqualified from holding class office, unless of course they are within the magic and not at all arbitrary 12 months span that she dictates.

I don’t want my kid to go to school to compete, or to win. I want him to learn. I will send him whenever I think he will learn best, and I am happy that the rules explicitly allowed me to make that decision.  [/quote]

So, “best for him” is with smaller, younger kids. Got it. [/quote]

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