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Had experience in this. We held our son back when he was 11. This is never an easy decision unless there is definite educational or maturity issues. In our case our son was the youngest in his class but was almost at the top of his class in grades and standardized test scores. He was a little immature, as most boys are, for the class he was in. Each child is different and if done right, a lot of discussion must be done with the child explaining how new friends will have to be made and a stigma may be attached both from his former class and with his new class. We talked a lot, prayed a lot, and talked a lot more. I tried to leave the final decision to him but at 11, all he would say was "what would you do Dad?" As a family we finally decided to retain him. All has worked out wonderfully, and I often ask him what he would do now knowing what he knows. His answer after 3 years , " we did it right Daddy". His old classmates treat him well and his new classmates do the same. There is so much that factors in for each individual case that no one can start to tell you all things. My advice is talk to as many people as you can that has done this.......then talk,talk talk with your child and talk talk talk to God