Playball
I do not really understand your reply that it was "telling". I was very open and honest in my post. I think that most people think that when athletics is involved, the perception is that you think the child is going to go pro or something. I just happen to think that sports can play a major positive role in a kid growing up. My kid happens to love several sports. If he had a love for music, the arts, science or anything else, that would have played a role as well. It is very common to start kids later in kindergarten as you mentioned as I would say that at least half of the boys into sons current grade that play sports are still older than him. If we had known then what we knew by 5th grade about his maturity we would have done it in kindergarten. His younger brother has an end of July birthday and we did not start him in kindergarten until the next year and he has done great as well.