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It is not so much what their attention span and the like is now. It is more what happens when they are in the junior and senior years.
As a former teacher of Junior Highschool, I can tell you that what they go through in their middle school years is tough enough without them being a year younger than their peers.
And while girls might tend to be a bit more mature at a younger age, that quite often does not hold the case if they are a year younger than their peers in the later grades.
And OK, you might have to pay another year of childcare, not a big deal at all if you look at the bigger picture.
And as far as losing a year of earning power, well IMHO, whoop-dee-doo.
And while what I might have noticed as a teacher might be anecdotal, Malcolm Gladwell also alludes to the fact that those born in the first half of the year tend to be more successful.
I personally would always want my child to be one of the oldest in their grade rather than one of the youngest.
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