holding boys back a year for kindergarten for maturity reasons

any advice about whether or not boys should be held back from kindergarten until six because of maturity. How mature are 5 year olds supposed to be anyway. Boy will be 5 August 30, 2009 and hubby thinks he should wait until the following year to start kindergarten, at six. He has been in nursery school/pre-school since two.

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A lot of families are making the choice to start kindergarten later. We've had many discussions on this topic here.
Here are some links to previous discussions.
community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/151509/If-your-child-was-held-back-do-you-think-it-was-worth-it?

community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/198856/Do-you-hold-your-child-from-kindergarten-due-to-their-birthday-and-sex?cpage=1#comment_199825

You can also find expert articles on the subject in the GreatSchools Library. www.greatschools.net/content/allArticles.page

Hope this helps!!

Unless the child was a preemie I don't see a reason to hold him back. That puts him begining his senior year at 18 years old, which could wind up being a handful.

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