When is a child ready for kindergarten?

As kindergarten demands have increased over the last decade, more and more parents of children turning 5 in the spring and summer are faced with the question: to send or not to send.

Rachel Taylor and her husband, Brent, were faced with the question times three because all their boys had summer birthdays. They decided, especially because developmental research shows boys mature at a slower rate, it was best to wait one more year before starting kindergarten.

“I think it gave them a little extra time to mature before kindergarten,” Taylor said. “There's just so much they need to know, it just gives them that extra year to prepare.” Read about the decision many parents face in The Chillicothe Gazette online.