Parents are increasingly delaying sending their children to school, particularly boys, until the age of six, with more than half of all pre-schoolers in the wealthiest suburbs being held back.
time to catch up with more advanced female peers. But experts warn the advantages of delaying schooling wear off over time and can even be problematical by the time the children reach year 12.
“Factors associated with delayed entry include male sex, a birthdate close to the enrolment cut-off date, socioeconomic advantage and having a mother born in Australia,” the study reads. Tracey Hall says she agonised over whether to hold back her son Lachie, who was born in December, from starting school.
Having spoken to his pre-school teacher and rung the education department, Ms Hall said when she made her calculation and added in the social consequences of being locked down in Melbourne for so many months, she decided to delay Lachie’s start. He will don a school uniform for the first time next year.Michelle Munyan went the other way.
And if children need an intervention? Then there is no better place than school to get it. Ironically, it might be less wealthy parents who can’t afford another year of childcare who are doing their kids the educational favour by send them to school.
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