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Originally Posted by taco.vidal
Something else Id consider is whether your child was born premature.
Id suggest to look in to it further if thats the case, but Ive read news referring to studies that suggest preemies struggle in school and the case for holding them back is stronger as the extra development time helps them catch up to full term kids. I havent seen the studies themselves.
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Absolutely agree - I'd go with adjusted age even though they've outgrown that technically by school age.
I really think it depends on the kid overall - some kids are more than ready at four and some less so. However I think it's important to consider that kids grow at different rates in different facets of their life, so you may end up with a younger kid who was more than ready to start at four but ends up being academically, socially, or physically behind at eight or 12 or 14. There's a wide range in each grade anyway - to me it just makes sense not to increase the potential of being on the lagging end.