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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She would be entering private and the school has let me know she would be the youngest in the class. Pre-K teacher thinks she's fine to go to K, but understands my concerns. Both have mentioned to think about the long term implications of being always being the youngest.

DD is smart and social, but has some maturing to do emotionally and is small for her age.[/quote]

If your Pre-K teacher thinks that she will be fine then she is probably ready to go. My DS is always one of the youngest in his class and on his teams. He is a late June birthday but with all the kids who are red shirted he tends to be one of the youngest. He was academically and socially ready for school at 5 so we sent him. He is doing fine, better then fine.

Being the youngest is not necessarily awful.

I do wish that they had better rules for starting school. I understand medical and learning reasons for a delayed start but I think far too many parents are holding kids back hoping for an academic or athletic advantage. I know kids who were held back because of speech issues, learning disabilities, and asthma needing to get under control. That all makes sense to me. But holding a kid back because you are worried about them being the youngest strikes me as odd.

I was glad to see the article suggesting the California has said enough because it is getting a bit crazy.

And I have no problem with the question being asked for a girl. Holding back boys seems to have become the norm, why not look for the same advantages for girls. If the issue is that kindergarten has become too academic, then we need to rethink what we want from kindergarten. Pretty much all of my friends told me that I should think about holding back my son precisely because kindergarten has become to  academic and that it is not a good fit for most kids, boys or girls, at 5. We were happy with our schools approach. They said there was a lot of play and learning at centers to go along with the practice writing and learning to read. My DS discussed how much fun he had at centers and multiple recesses during the day. I think they had a good balance.

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