<p>I think I posted copiously on one of those earlier threads, but no harm in doing it again. Both my kids repeated a year. One is an August birthday, the other is a September birthday. The older one repeated 10th grade when starting boarding school. The younger one repeated the 4 year old year in preschool. I just wish we had known enough to repeat the older one in preschool. It has absolutely nothing to do with academics, and everything to do with social comfort and confidence. Put another way, this isn’t about competitiveness, it’s about getting the pieces put in place properly, in order, thoroughly. If you are looking at your kid and thinking it might be a good idea, it probably is.</p>