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Should you hold your child back from starting school? Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills.

Whether to hold a child back from starting school when they are first eligible is a question faced by many parents in Australia each year.

https://theconversation.com/should-you-hold-your-child-back-from-starting-school-research-shows-it-has-little-effect-on-their-maths-and-reading-skills-132874

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