[pageld]

That's exactly the position I'm in, at least eventually.

My son was born in early July and my wife and I are trying to see if we should wait until he's a full 5 and be a year older than everyone or go when he's basically 4.

The extra year in a job to me isn't trivial. It's a 50k + extra year of experience decision. I left high school a year early and even though I'm the same age as a lot of people around me, I have 20k extra in my 401(k), I'm in a management position and I have graduate school finished.

The start advantage is fading as I get older though.

It probably still depends on the child. Some can probably handle it better than others. Personally, I'll have to wait and see to see what the little guy is like and what he can handle.

[barneygumble742]

To me the extra year in a job is trivial because I spent close to 9 years in school, working part-time to pay for college/grad school. And who knows what the future holds? However, I am hoping that by the time they're in high school, they will take dual-enrollment classes and finish college a year early; something I wasn't able to do. I have twins and I spoke to my wife last night about this...whatever happens, we both wish for them to be in the same grade. We would hate for our daughter to skip a grade because she's developed faster...which is also not fair to her.