Reply #10: my first son sailed thru kindergarten, youngest in class

[seabeyond]

now a days a lot of people arent putting their sons into kindergarten until 6, waiting an extra year. my oldest was ready at 5 and did well academically, yet he is still a year younger than the other boys and that makes a big difference in the social interaction and has always been a challenge for him. there was a little resentment on my part all these year older and bigger boys in his class tormenting him

my youngest son was always at the end of development stage, late bloomer in all things. i probably should have held him a year and allowed him to go to kindergarten a year later, but with what i saw with the bigger boys in my other sons class i didnt. so i am just especially patient with the youngest allowing him to go at the rate he needs to go. he is catching up fine on the reading, ahead in math and way behind in handwriting.

schools are not messing around now a days making sure kids are at a certain level before moving on.

i noticed a lot of boys would have been fine going into kindergarten at the required time, there parents wanted them to have the advantage. parents have become a bit odd in that. inevitably it is the kid heads taller than the others, a year in maturity that run the playground. and no i dont think they feel good about being a year older than the other kids