Comment by barneygumble742

This is very timely for me. Just this morning I was on the phone talking to the school district about how strict the cutoff date is. Most of US is set to Sep. 1 (9 months after the new year). My kids were born in mid-Sep. I read two lengthy papers on late start-age and better school/social performance. The article was discussing parents wanting their children to start early in order to enter the job market early by a year. This is nuts! It's such a trivial issue. I'm conflicted; I really don't want to pay $20k for another year of daycare but I also don't want my twins to be have issues in school. Speaking of, instead of diagnosing kids with ADHD, why not hold them back by a year. There could be additional benefits of holding kids back based on their development. I was always the youngest kid in class and I struggled through school and I always knew that I should be with the class behind me.