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When should children start school? Do children go to school reflective of a parental or societal need or that of a child's?
Are there clues that perhaps a child should delay going to school?

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Review of the appropriate time to start school for young children is discussed.

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The child in the young five class announces over and over that he misses his mother. The day is half way into the school year. Should the boy be in school or actually could it be too early for him? Many schools now offer a YOUNG FIVES program, which is intended for children that miss the age cut-off for the school year but might almost be ready. Prior generations used to have half day kindergarten in the United States but except for private schools, it is increasingly difficult to find now.

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