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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL, OP, you are so silly. Two of my children were born 8 and 10 days late, respectively. They were both due at the end of September. Guess what! They went on time with their correct age group *even though they were overdue and SHOULD have gone with children conceived at the same time as them*. It is mind-blowing, I know.

I don't know why you are so desperate to send your kid to school early. Are you trying to save on a year of daycare cost?[/quote]
By enrolling in private K?  Haha. 
What I think is silly is you thinking that kids born eight days before your children magically belong to a different age group, [b]as if these eight days are a watershed moment in their lives and have allowed their brains to mature a full year's worth[/b]. [/quote]

Hey OP, I'm with you on this.  My DS birthday is 10/1 and I'm definitely not waiting another year for him to start Kindergarten. A lot of people can come up with a anecdotal stories about people they knew that went early and suffered.  My brother was red shirted and hated it.  He was the oldest in his class and he was made fun of relentlessly.  All the other kids always thought he repeated a grade.  It didn't help that he was almost 6 feet tall in 7th grade. My best friend skipped kindergarten, graduated high school at 16 as our valedictorian, prom queen and dated the best looking, most popular guy in our class.  Then went top undergrad, UT Austin Law school and now leads her own entertainment law firm in LA while married to a now retired NFL player.   My brother on the other hand, well...whatever.  I really think it depends on your kid.   If my DS is ready when the time comes (and I plan on making sure he is) he will go to a private K and not wait.

My issue is the bolded.  I know they have to set a cutoff.  I get that.  But in my case, I'm not going to let one day be the judge and jury.  I don't think a kid born 9/30 has anything on my kid born a day later.  So why shouldn't he get a chance to see if he can cut it?[/quote

Really, name the law firm.[/quote]

Not going to, don't have to.  I'm not going to going to play that game with anyone on an anonymous board.  Interesting that you asked for proof regarding the success story of my BF and not the details of my red-shirted brother.  Anyway, again as many posters have said, it depends on your kid, that's all that matters.[/quote]

Well, they both sound like complete  bs, but surely the allegedly super star friend is readily idemtifiable, and why would she mind being outed as a superstar?  on the other hand, it would be impossible to verify your brother was unpopular in middle school.  In any case, I call fervently anti red shirting troll.
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