Anne in Austin's Profile

I don't have children (I'm still at university), but I went to a private middle school in Texas as a kid, and all of the boys in my year were definitely older. Although there was no clear difference in maturity for me, athletics was incredibly competitive and the boys who weren't a year older weren't really able to compete. For the girls, on the other hand, I had friends who had been held back AND pulled up, but again I didn't really see a difference. Just a student's perspective!