When done in an age-appropriate way, early education is beneficial. But there are risks and downsides.
In recent years, it feels like kids are beginning school at an earlier age. Now, it’s more difficult to find anything but a full-day school option. Starting school early may be a good thing for some kids, but for other kids, especially kids born at the end of the year, there may be more disadvantages
, kids who are born in August and live in states with school enrollment cutoffs of September 1st are 30% more likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis compared to their peers in the same grade who are a little older. While some kids do have ADHD, and the diagnosis can be beneficial in getting them the support they need, the researchers point out that the diagnosis may not always be accurate.
The Harvard findings about starting school early highlight the fact that perhaps it’s not ADHD, but a lack of school readiness at this young age. “A normal behavior may appear anomalous relative to the child’s peer group,” Jena adds. The study found that kids born in August are also more likely to be medicated for ADHD than kids born in September.
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