Re: Your kid missing school year because of being born after Oct
Misbah missed the cutoff date by 2 days. So she is the oldest in her KG class. We could have put her in private school last year as her day care cost was pretty much the same as the private school but we decided against it.
I am not so worried for her studies at all, I am a little concerned how it will effect her emotionally. She is pretty tall for her age and I have seen her with other kids. She likes to be the boss and others do follow her. So I am constantly telling her to not boss kids around. Her teacher has a totally different take on it. She thinks she is very helpful to other kids in all activities.
I personally think this whole worry that parents have about their kids being behind is their personal ego. When I see grand parents comparing their children as to who started talking first, walking first, reading first etc. they are just trying to please their egos or kill time because in the long run called life, it really doesn't matter. We are too complex to be judged by silly little contests. Who could have imagined that the bi-racial dude smoking pot raised by a single mother & grand parents would one day be the President of the United States.