jewelmicky
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- Nov 18, 2007
The "experts" all say it pretty much all evens out by 4th grade...1/2 day K, start early or late, by 4th grade most of the kids have caught up and are on par with their peers. The ones slow at this point usually will continue to have a harder road.
My DD8 has a late August Bday....she is the 2nd to youngest in her class, size wise upper middle. I can't imagine holding her back...one of her best friends Bday is early September, so she a whole year older. They seem very compatible....it all depends on the child. I have a late October Bday and started K at 4......I started college at 17....the only thing that bothered me was that my friends could all drive way before I could.
I think the difference is more pronounced in boys then girls. Girls tend to develop (hormones) earlier then boys and are all done by late high school. I had a male friend in high school that didn't get his growth spurt until 12th grade. He went from 5'4" to over 6 feet in the one school year. But, because it came so late, his dream of playing basketball for high school was shot.
My DD8 has a late August Bday....she is the 2nd to youngest in her class, size wise upper middle. I can't imagine holding her back...one of her best friends Bday is early September, so she a whole year older. They seem very compatible....it all depends on the child. I have a late October Bday and started K at 4......I started college at 17....the only thing that bothered me was that my friends could all drive way before I could.
I think the difference is more pronounced in boys then girls. Girls tend to develop (hormones) earlier then boys and are all done by late high school. I had a male friend in high school that didn't get his growth spurt until 12th grade. He went from 5'4" to over 6 feet in the one school year. But, because it came so late, his dream of playing basketball for high school was shot.