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    I don't think you can put to much on their birthdate to be honest. My son's birthday is Dec 24th and he went full days and was fine. There were parents with children nearly a year older whose children had a really hard time of it. Each child is individual and a parent knows their child best. I think it was the best thing for my son to be socialized and educationally stimulated more than I could provide for him at home while caring for 5 babies. I think as parents it is more of an issue for us than it is for them to be honest. When the kids are playing together in class, I'm pretty sure they don't care when their birthday is and by the time they get to high school, they care even less. The size of the child doesn't necessarily indicate the child's age these days either so the bully's target could be anyone, plus the smallest and youngest kid could very well be the toughest and smartest so I wouldn't worry to much. As you said its worth a shot and have a good relationship with the kindergarten teacher, let them know your concerns and ask for regular feedback to keep a close eye on how things go.

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    Thanks everyone! I plan on meeting up with the teacher when I go to register. I'm hopeful that this will be a good thing for him.

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    I waited until all mine were 5-5.5 before kindergarten .

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    I put my son in from age 4, only mistake I made was initially putting him in a catholic school that had a nasty teacher who was better suited to older kids! I was angry as it was his first time at school and was meant to be a positive experience not a negative one, so before any damage got done to his well being I removed him after a week, sick of the nasty negative comments she kept writing on him daily (horrible teacher!) I almost reported her to the teachers registration regulation board, his new principle was not much better and didn't listen to my concerns just went into defensive mode on side of the teacher and went off on a tangent about his huge list of rules children had to follow.. shocked I told him, you do realise he has just turned 4 yrs old? They go to school to learn rules not know them already at that age, you act like he's 13 already, honestly, what a prat! Interestingly after I removed him and put him in a far nicer warm and loving public school who cuddled him unlike that first place, the principle of the catholic school on my collecting my sons things hastened me into a room for a quick chat, I told him he was kidding? He didn't want to listen to me so not sure what makes him think I wanted to listen to him.. I have no time for him anymore.. goodbye! I told him and walked out the door (not all are bad I know just that teacher wasn't nice as I found out too late by the locals she was known for being nasty).

    On the whole though, he was challenging at home being smart and needing stimilation, a love of learning ( he started out in montessori schools so is very independent and loves to learn) so for him it was the right thing to do, he's so much better behaved at home for it and is now learning to read, as I have work books at home for him to progress during school holidays and daily we do it, a bit at a time, he just loves it. He's one of the youngest in his class, he starts SK in Sept.

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