From Brett Gibson
David Whitebread and Sue Bingham’s article on the school starting age in England was both interesting and concerning (16 November, p 28).
I suspect I am not alone in thinking that it warrants a full exploration of the research and discussion of practical measures that parents of young children in this country can take to mitigate the detrimental effects of too much formality at a young age, or even to avoid them completely.
Upper Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, UK
