How old will your child be when they start college?

Debruns
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:59:39 +0000

When my son was 4 in Kindergarten, he was reading and doing many things on the computer. He mentioned once that someone said while he was in class, he was “young” for Kindergarten and he said to me, “I’m not young, he’s old”. (the other child was 6) It’s all in the perspective. : )
He realized later, he might have been a bit taller, but never enough to make a big difference and for him, it was a decision that was fine.
My niece was held back, but always got A’s, and found the work too easy and sometimes did upper-level work. When someone commented how smart she was in middle school, she said, she should be, she had a year over a lot of other students. I think she would have been no matter what, but she had a point. Some students should be held back, others are ready and the parents want them to have an advantage that might make them bored and antsy in the end. I think the school has a lot to do with it also…some are much more competitive. It’s a personal decision that is sometimes hard to make.