Redshirting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:a few spring/summer birthdays per class.

Pretty much without fail the kids who are generally disliked or barely tolerated are always the youngest, though.

I have no dog in this fight because my kids all went to school as scheduled but I have noticed this is true. The youngest girls like babyish things or just arent as socially attuned as the older girls and the youngest boys are smaller, less athletic, and less mature about winning/losing/teasing.

[Anonymous]

What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a few spring/summer birthdays per class.

Pretty much without fail the kids who are generally disliked or barely tolerated are always the youngest, though.

I have no dog in this fight because my kids all went to school as scheduled but I have noticed this is true. The youngest girls like babyish things or just arent as socially attuned as the older girls and the youngest boys are smaller, less athletic, and less mature about winning/losing/teasing.

I have a rising 1st grader. She absolutely knew who the youngest girl is (Aug birthday) - and not in a good way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

You're of course welcome to believe that, but it's definitely not true in our case. DC could have stayed home with the nanny or part-time SAHP on days when DC wasn't in preschool, but DC was ready for kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

You're of course welcome to believe that, but it's definitely not true in our case. DC could have stayed home with the nanny or part-time SAHP on days when DC wasn't in preschool, but DC was ready for kindergarten.

Sometimes they can be ready for K but not ready for 3rd or 6th or 9th. Hope it works out for you tho.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a few spring/summer birthdays per class.

Pretty much without fail the kids who are generally disliked or barely tolerated are always the youngest, though.

I have no dog in this fight because my kids all went to school as scheduled but I have noticed this is true. The youngest girls like babyish things or just arent as socially attuned as the older girls and the youngest boys are smaller, less athletic, and less mature about winning/losing/teasing.

I have a rising 1st grader. She absolutely knew who the youngest girl is (Aug birthday) - and not in a good way.

When I taught, boys tolerated the youngest boys but did not seek out their company. Girls openly ostracized the youngest girls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:a few spring/summer birthdays per class.

Pretty much without fail the kids who are generally disliked or barely tolerated are always the youngest, though.

I have no dog in this fight because my kids all went to school as scheduled but I have noticed this is true. The youngest girls like babyish things or just arent as socially attuned as the older girls and the youngest boys are smaller, less athletic, and less mature about winning/losing/teasing.

I have a rising 1st grader. She absolutely knew who the youngest girl is (Aug birthday) - and not in a good way.

When I taught, boys tolerated the youngest boys but did not seek out their company. Girls openly ostracized the youngest girls.

Agree that this is often the dynamic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes - if you wait and send him when he is 5-almost 6, it is considered redshirting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

I know I shouldn’t dignify this response with a reply because it is so asinine but my August bday boy who went on time is in AAP now. I felt sending on time was the best academic choice I could make for him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

I know I shouldn’t dignify this response with a reply because it is so asinine but my August bday boy who went on time is in AAP now. I felt sending on time was the best academic choice I could make for him.

I have two kids in AAP. In both the 6th and 3rd grade classes, the most disliked boy was an August/September birthday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

I know I shouldn’t dignify this response with a reply because it is so asinine but my August bday boy who went on time is in AAP now. I felt sending on time was the best academic choice I could make for him.

Its not really about academics. The early grade academics are so easy for almost every middle class kid. People are talking about the social milieu.

[Anonymous]

I think you all must be exaggerating. A few months really doesn't make that much difference. I don't see it at my child's preschool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.

I know I shouldn’t dignify this response with a reply because it is so asinine but my August bday boy who went on time is in AAP now. I felt sending on time was the best academic choice I could make for him.

Its not really about academics. The early grade academics are so easy for almost every middle class kid. People are talking about the social milieu.

Maybe the generalizations (let's be real - stereotypes) are helpful, but as usual stereotypes don't describe every case. To try and argue people into redshirting or trash choices based on a stereotype is silly. My February birthday DC is way more socially behind than my August and September birthday DCs. It's part personality, part birth order.