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I started kindergarten when I was four - and as a result was often one of the youngest kids in my class as I went through public school. In contrast, when I went off to an Ivy League college, I found that I was no longer the youngest - not even close. In fact, I felt like everyone I knew had a birthday somewhere between August and January - or even later, for those who had skipped a year. So my thought is that while you can hold your kid back and give them a slight boost, it's only going to get them so far - in the end, your kid's innate intelligence/ability is what's going to matter most for getting to the highest levels of academic achievement.
