Almost 7 year old in kindergarten!!

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Anonymous wrote:Shit. My son is taller than most of the kids in his current class and has a September birthday, so he misses the cutoff for Kindergarten where we live. Should I anticipate that people will talk about him like this when he starts school?

I know, right? My DD is taller than all the other kids in her grade but isn't even among the oldest half of the class. Can't help but wonder if parents who don't know her age are thinking this about her.

PPs, for what it's worth (not much), I don't think that, and if somebody started talking to me about who was redshirted and who wasn't, I'd excuse myself from the conversation.

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My august dd is in 4th grade and 9 years old. She's the tallest kid in her class, and probably always will be. I can't imagine what it would be like for her if she'd started a year later--she would be so freakishly taller than any of the other kids, it would be impossible.

That may seem like such a small thing, but I was a January kid and tall--so always the tallest and oldest. It does really affect you, being more than a foot (or two) taller than anyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:7 in April or May you mean? Yes, I've heard of this. Crazy, but I've heard of it.

My son will be 8 in May. He's in 1st grade.

We kept him in preschool an extra year & it was the best decision ever.

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Anonymous wrote:People wait until you get into high school. Those refugee kids splattered all over local schools are 17yr old freshman. There are 21yr old kids in high school. It is insane.

But yes the redshirting is insane. My friend's son just turned 16 as a freshman and was 7 in K. I think there should be a minimum and maximum age.

There is.

No there isn't. It should be 2 months on either end of Sept 1st OR evaluated or special accommodation request (like a PP with a death in the family) to not enter K by 5yrs old.

Nothing is more annoying than bragging moms of redshirt kids.

Well I guess its good my redshirted kid is at the bottom of the class then - my "bragging" won't bother you.

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Anonymous wrote:My august dd is in 4th grade and 9 years old. She's the tallest kid in her class, and probably always will be. I can't imagine what it would be like for her if she'd started a year later--she would be so freakishly taller than any of the other kids, it would be impossible.

That may seem like such a small thing, but I was a January kid and tall--so always the tallest and oldest. It does really affect you, being more than a foot (or two) taller than anyone else.

My friend's son is much taller than everyone else - but he was sent on time.

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

Except, when a lot of kids are doing it (as a PP is finding), it does affect your child, and that is a parent's business. And, this whole forum is about asking nosey questions.

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Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

This is a different situation but why not have the school provide a tutor is she cannot go or homeschool and then she could be in 1st with kids her age.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

Except, when a lot of kids are doing it (as a PP is finding), it does affect your child, and that is a parent's business. And, this whole forum is about asking nosey questions.

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Nope, still not a parent's business, as an individual decision. The school's or school district's policy is your business; whether and why a particular child is red-shirted is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

This is a different situation but why not have the school provide a tutor is she cannot go or homeschool and then she could be in 1st with kids her age.

I wondered that myself. Maybe she is planning to go to 2nd grade after kindergarten?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

Except, when a lot of kids are doing it (as a PP is finding), it does affect your child, and that is a parent's business. And, this whole forum is about asking nosey questions.

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Nope, still not a parent's business, as an individual decision. The school's or school district's policy is your business; whether and why a particular child is red-shirted is not.

Each of the individual decisions add up to a quarter or more of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

Except, when a lot of kids are doing it (as a PP is finding), it does affect your child, and that is a parent's business. And, this whole forum is about asking nosey questions.

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Nope, still not a parent's business, as an individual decision. The school's or school district's policy is your business; whether and why a particular child is red-shirted is not.

It's not a parent's business in that they need to know *why* a child was redshirted, I agree. But, it is a parent's business to know that your child may be in a class where a lot of the kids could be more than 1 yr older than your child as this may impact your child's learning and social environment in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MYOB.

This.

Our friend's child had her perfectly normal looking, social 7 year old in kindergarten. The child spend the prior 18 months undergoing cancer treatments.

This is a different situation but why not have the school provide a tutor is she cannot go or homeschool and then she could be in 1st with kids her age.

Maybe because she was too sick to be able to learn anything that year? Maybe because her parents wanted her to have a typical kindergarten experience? What's it to you?

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It's not a parent's business in that they need to know *why* a child was redshirted, I agree. But, it is a parent's business to know that your child may be in a class where a lot of the kids could be more than 1 yr older than your child as this may impact your child's learning and social environment in class.

It's a parent's business to know that? No, I don't think so. If you want to know whether it's possible that your kid will be in a class where a lot of the classmates are more than 1 year older, that's fine -- look up your district's age and attendance requirements, or ask your child's school about their policy if you're in private school. But if you don't feel the need to do that, there is certainly no parental obligation to know.

Meanwhile, both whether and why a particular child was redshirted is nobody else's business.

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Anonymous wrote:
It's not a parent's business in that they need to know *why* a child was redshirted, I agree. But, it is a parent's business to know that your child may be in a class where a lot of the kids could be more than 1 yr older than your child as this may impact your child's learning and social environment in class.

It's a parent's business to know that? No, I don't think so. If you want to know whether it's possible that your kid will be in a class where a lot of the classmates are more than 1 year older, that's fine -- look up your district's age and attendance requirements, or ask your child's school about their policy if you're in private school. But if you don't feel the need to do that, there is certainly no parental obligation to know.

Meanwhile, both whether and why a particular child was redshirted is nobody else's business.

And yet, I know which of my DC's classmates were redshirted, but not why. Possibly they all had cancer, but I suspect most were for the usual reasons, immaturity and to gain an advantage.