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No Vested Interest

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11. Year's difference in school years could depend on birth date.

Reply to underpants (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:00 PM

Feb 2019

If born close to cut-off date, some parents believe in holding the child back a year, so that the child will have the advantage of being among the older in the class rather than among the younger (and sometimes smaller and less mature).
Parents of boys are more likely to do this, as some parents feel size is more important in a boy, and that boys are more likely to be less mature at a given age than girls.

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"Three Identical Strangers" CNN documentary. Amazing. Well worth a watch. [View all] underpants Feb 2019 OP

It was good California_Republic Feb 2019 #1

Yeah underpants Feb 2019 #2

I really enjoyed the part when they were first together California_Republic Feb 2019 #3

Watched it also kimbutgar Feb 2019 #4

And others underpants Feb 2019 #6

That was a creepy scene with the champagne kimbutgar Feb 2019 #7

Two questions. Actually three. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #5

And another question underpants Feb 2019 #8

Year's difference in school years could depend on birth date. No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #11

Redshirting underpants Feb 2019 #13

Apparently psychiatrist leaned nurture. No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #9

That would lead us cynics to believe Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #10

You may be correct,but I gathered that the psychiatrist/author died before No Vested Interest Feb 2019 #12

It's silly to think it's all one or the other underpants Feb 2019 #14

I read about the story a lot before I saw it and I watched it twice since BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #15

I hadn't followed up on underpants Feb 2019 #16

This is the only adoption agency linked to this particular study. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #17

Pretty wealthy underpants Feb 2019 #18