Originally Posted by Anonymous
Puberty
I agree about on age parents being patient as things balance out due to puberty and beyond. Puberty itself can't even the playing field as on average all kids hit it at the same age obviously, but some of those holdbacks get caught at that point and the rest in the following few years. I have coached many holdbacks and even more on age and see little advantage to college placement in the long run. Also have had many more behavioral issues from later grade holdbacks (not ones who started K or Pre-K late necessarily...that is a different scenario).