My daughter will be 5 at the end of July.  She went to 4K at our local school last year, and went through screening for 5K this spring.  Both during school last year, and at the screening, the teachers concluded that she is ready to start 5K this fall.  However, we are having second thoughts, and are leaning on keeping her in 4K for another year.  She is considerably smaller than the rest of the children in her class and seems emotionally/socially younger.  She also has a brother that is entering 1st grade this year at the older end of his class, and we are concerned about the comparisons she will face and unnecessary competition.  Although we told her from the start that she would do "4K once or twice," she is now resisting the idea of repeating because she doesn't want to be separated from the friends she made last year.  I think I can talk her into it, but my question is:  will she face a stigma (either self-induced or from others) for repeating 4k?  She is a very self confident girl by nature, and we do not want to do more harm than good if we hold her back.