a growing number of parents of elementary age children seeking information and suggestions on how to help their child prepare for college. Anecdotes abound about parents who race to enroll their kids on waiting lists for prestigious private schools months after the child’s birth. Parents compare the most effective strategies for giving their child an advantage and some have gone so far as to hold their child back from entering kindergarten to ensure this. They explain that a more mentally and physically developed child can have an advantage not only in the classroom, but also in athletic competition. If Junior is competing with other 1st graders in soccer, but is older, he has an advantage that wouldn’t be there if he was competing against 2nd graders. I have had parents describe in detail the extensive research they put into college athletic programs and scholarships to determine where the funding is and the sports where they believe their child will have a better chance of competing.
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