Hi. Just to let you know, we actually held our very gifted son back from starting K since he had a summer birthday. Although very advanced intellectually, some of his focus was on what he loved - building, creating things, having time to play with what he enjoyed. He would have been miserable having to tolerate the rigidity of public school K classes. He also had fine motor skills issues that would have made it difficult for him.
Even when he eventually went to K, he cried about the lack of play time - wanted me to call the teacher and demand that she change this!
We have NEVER regretted his starting late. He was always a little bit older than his peers, but he subject accelerated, took college classes in high school, did a lot of extracurriculars. Being older helped with his social immaturity, and if he had started on time, the classes STILL would have been too boring for him.
You will still have to advocate regardless of when your child starts school.
