According to The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) a child conceived this month (December) has the best chance in life of achieving happiness, good prospects and high earnings. However, this is not some random fluke of nature; it is down to the simple fact that a child conceived in December will be born, most likely, in September, and therefore be one of the oldest in the school year.
My son was born on 29th August and is the youngest in his school year. He started school last year after I spent a number of months agonising over the decision and how it would affect him, eventually weighing up the advantages of him joining at the ‘normal’ time and being able to ‘storm, form and norm’ with the rest of his new classmates against any disadvantages associated with his age. However, if the findings of the Institute are to be believed they would suggest that my son, at the grand old age of five, is already consigned to underperforming at school and beyond based on the month he was born.
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