How old will your child be when they start college?

HImom
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:59:12 +0000

My S was an “old soul,” his pre-school teacher said she had 2 kids who were 3 going on 40 & my was clearly one of them. Partly because he was so serious & mature, we really wanted him to learn “social graces,” so we held him back. Academically, he would have had challenges no matter what we did but we really wanted him to learn to “chill” and figure out how to make friends. We strongly felt that by holding him back & having him start kindergarten later rather than earlier, he could allow his socialization skills to mature so he would be the loneliest kid around (as he was in pre-school).

It truly is tough to know what would have happened if a different path had been chosen. We can all just do the best we can with the info we have at any given time & things will evolve.