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Jan 26, 2023
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demon_llama
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We did this to our now 16 y/o with an August b-day. We had him skip 7th grade
because OK schools are freaking horrible and he was bored to death. That got him a little closer to on-track academically.
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POLL: Did your parents hold you back in school so you could be older instead of younger for your grade?
jacobugath
INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL
1/26/23 3:44pm
No, and I'm glad, but I did with several of my kids.
bluecheese
1/26/23 3:46pm
Got a family in our ward who does this primarily for an advantage in sports
CougarTail
1/26/23 3:48pm
Had one like that as well. Not one started on varsity their sr year
ChiCityCoug
1/26/23 3:52pm
How many of their kids played college sports?
jacobugath
1/26/23 3:59pm
Jury is still out on this. They aren't in HS yet.
CougarTail
1/26/23 4:01pm
Malcolm Gladwell talks about this in Outliers. Pretty convincing data it helps
runnincoug
1/26/23 4:16pm
Knew a family that did the same.
Spaniard
1/26/23 4:07pm
We moved our girls up with nice success. No regrets.
HarlemCoug
1/26/23 3:51pm
Opposite. Advanced a grade and was younger and smaller until I finally caught
Hoopster
1/26/23 3:51pm
Ha! I graduated HS at 16. It’s a fact.
Lifi
1/26/23 3:56pm
We had our son wait a year to start school.
Eddie
1/26/23 3:56pm
Very glad I did. We did the same with one daughter and probably should
Thrill
1/26/23 4:00pm
I was one of the youngest in my graduating class
530Coug
1/26/23 4:05pm
We must have similar birthdays, but opposite for me
A_blue_car
1/26/23 4:10pm
I wonder all the time about that.
530Coug
1/27/23 1:27pm
Two of my four skipped their Sr Year of HS
Nat Gas Man
1/26/23 4:06pm
Hopefully, you helped them get their GEDs! 🙂
Hoopster
1/26/23 4:08pm
Nope just graduated early
Nat Gas Man
1/26/23 6:11pm
I assumed that and not that they skipped school. 😀
Hoopster
1/26/23 7:42pm
My sister did it with her son and he is sooooo bored in kindergarten.
RGGeemer
1/26/23 4:11pm
My parents didn’t’t hold me back, but I did do kindergarten twice as we moved
Littlerich
1/26/23 4:20pm
We did this to our now 16 y/o with an August b-day. We had him skip 7th grade
demon_llama
1/26/23 6:07pm
no but they should have. I have a late August b-day and was a late bloomer.
qwerew
1/26/23 6:57pm
I absolutely would have held back my boys if they had a late b-day.
qwerew
1/26/23 7:01pm
That's exactly what we did. Aug 31 birthday - no way he was ready.
Eddie
1/27/23 11:23am
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