Holding back a child from Kindergarten:

[maisy123]

Maybe this will help.


Starting Kindergarten Later Gives Students Only A Fleeting Edge, Study Finds#

[dman72]

Originally Posted by maisy123

Maybe this will help.


Starting Kindergarten Later Gives Students Only A Fleeting Edge, Study Finds#

You posted that 2 years ago, and my retort remains the same.

The study concludes that starting a kid late give them an edge..a big one early on, a lesser one later on, aka "fleeting", but it still gives an edge.

[Glad2BHere]

Originally Posted by PizzaPedro

The point is, you always have the option of repeating a grade if it doesn't work out well. But people today don't even want to give their kid a chance to try. And again, we all know kids that were VERY young for their grade and did exceptional. My son graduated 3rd in his class in HS, the two kids ahead of him both were 16 and had been moved AHEAD a grade, and obviously it worked out for them.

The point is, to make a decision on this 2 years in advance shows a lack of confidence in your child, in my opinion, especially when you start to bring athletics and other factors into play as the original poster did. Yes, some kids can handle it, some kids will excel on the young side, some kids will struggle and some kids would benefit from being held back. But it has to be a case by case basis. If you are determined to hold your kid back JUST because of their birthday it says something about you, not your child.

I agree with this

[UWSmom]

Here is an article that talk about scientific studies on the benefits of redshirting children in kindergarten (stating it does not provide that much of an advantage). http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/09/03/should-children-redshirt-kindergarten.aspx
Also, another to consider is at what point in life would an "extra year" matter more. I know some kids who took a year off between high school and college to do some really amazing things -travel, sail, volunteer. (That being said, I don't know how I would feel if my 17 - 19 yo said he wanted to backpack around Europe at that age!)

[dman72]

I'm not sure who is "determined" to hold anyone back, I was just raising a point of discussion and consideration, which over a year later I've pretty much shelved, Moderator cut: rude comment