 Re: Looking for opinions about holding back preschooler
BME has it pretty much right, especially with boys who are born say August-December. They are not as socially progressed as same age girls, in general. When my four were in school, Kindergarten was just that and not the mini first grade it is today.
I let my son start at 5, but he was a February baby with three older sisters so he survived well.
Starting your children late does not have the same stigma some may still adhere to re holding them back to repeat a grade. If your kids' preschool and elementary school teachers are good, they can speak to you from a lot of experience. Better to do it on the front end of their educational careers than to wait for a teacher to "suggest" little Johnny repeat first grade, IMHO.
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