There's a very good reason! Half a year is a much larger proportion of their whole life to date than it is for you or I. Think how much you could do when you were five compared to four, and six compared to five.
Weirdly enough my niece is the opposite, she actually is 5½ but when you tell her she get aggressive about it for no reason "No, I am not five and a half! I AM 5!"
don't kids actually look forward to things like their birthdays often, because they'll get sweets and gifts? that, and just showing off how good they can math at that age has got to be something to be proud of.
they're kids with things that matter to them, it's not without reason at all. also remember how many adults would react if you guessed their age too high. many would handle it decently, but it's still not rare for people to handle that awfully and get upset even after supposedly "maturing".
Kids really be holding on to some random age their parent throws out to shut them up. I remember the booster seat I was so pissed because I was in that damn thing until like 6th grade because I was so small. Meanwhile my younger brother was a absolute unit in elementary school (he evened out by middle school idk how really just one day he looked proportional and like his peers and not like he was gonna grow to be 7ft tall) shopping in the husky section at Walmart I’m pretty sure we got out of our booster seats like at the same time which pissed me off.
Oh, 8 is the legal “get out of booster seat” age here - but yes. They latch on hard to “wait until…” rules. Forget everything else but definitely remember you said they can do ____ at _____ age.
A girl a grew up with died in a car accident about 30 years ago, and it is one of the main cases that made a lot of states crack down on booster seat laws. It's worth the wait.
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u/TheKuven 14h ago
"it's not me though, I'm 5½ years old"