How does your redshirted kid feel now that she/he is older?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

They do at my child’s school. They are noticeably bigger and have hair on their faces. Some are two bdays ahead because not only are they redshirted, but they have bdays that are in early spring. Which puts them that much older than kids who are in the correct grade. It is so awkward and embarrassing.

You are awkward and embarrassing for speaking that way about children.

Super weird. My son has a late summer bday and was redshirted. He's a late bloomer to boot. You wouldn't be able to tell he's older than his taller peers with their Adam's apples and deep voices, so get out of her with that nonsense PP. Nobody believes you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

It's always the 2 year age gap. Where is this 2 year gap in the same grade so common? It's probably more like 14 months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

They do at my child’s school. They are noticeably bigger and have hair on their faces. Some are two bdays ahead because not only are they redshirted, but they have bdays that are in early spring. Which puts them that much older than kids who are in the correct grade. It is so awkward and embarrassing.

You are awkward and embarrassing for speaking that way about children.

You are awkward and embarrassing with your disingenuous comment denying that older boys are bigger and grow hair on their faces.
Are you in denial of puberty or do you want to infantilize every child forever?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

They do at my child’s school. They are noticeably bigger and have hair on their faces. Some are two bdays ahead because not only are they redshirted, but they have bdays that are in early spring. Which puts them that much older than kids who are in the correct grade. It is so awkward and embarrassing.

You are awkward and embarrassing for speaking that way about children.

NP. Kids do grow and change. That is not an awkward or embarrassing thing to mention. Get your mind out of the gutter, pedo.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Yeah, +1. There is SUCH a range regardless, this doesn’t make sense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Oooh. “Honey” anti redshirter at it again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Please explain how there were 16 and 14 year olds in the same class. Let's take 9th grade.

Your child was born seconds before the cut off (here, September 30) and is 14 for the 1st month (only!) of 9th grade. A red shirted kid has, say, a May birthday and turned 15 several months before starting 9th grade. So at the beginning of the year, you have 14 and 15 year olds. For most of the year, you have 15 year olds. At the end of the year, you have 15 and 16 year olds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Oooh. “Honey” anti redshirter at it again.

That’s your argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

HS and MS. Why are you so obsessed with other people's children? If you don't want to redshirt, don't. Problem solved. MYOB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Please explain how there were 16 and 14 year olds in the same class. Let's take 9th grade.

Your child was born seconds before the cut off (here, September 30) and is 14 for the 1st month (only!) of 9th grade. A red shirted kid has, say, a May birthday and turned 15 several months before starting 9th grade. So at the beginning of the year, you have 14 and 15 year olds. For most of the year, you have 15 year olds. At the end of the year, you have 15 and 16 year olds.

There are 2 red-shirted boys born in March and 1 born in April of 2007. There are non-redshirted students who were born around those months and later of 2008.
Thus, the 3 redshirters are 16 while some of the non-redshirters are still 14 who will turn 15 later that spring or summer.
Thus,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

HS and MS. Why are you so obsessed with other people's children? If you don't want to redshirt, don't. Problem solved. MYOB.

Why are you obsessed with me? If you don’t like my opinion, move on. Problem solved. MYOB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Please explain how there were 16 and 14 year olds in the same class. Let's take 9th grade.

Your child was born seconds before the cut off (here, September 30) and is 14 for the 1st month (only!) of 9th grade. A red shirted kid has, say, a May birthday and turned 15 several months before starting 9th grade. So at the beginning of the year, you have 14 and 15 year olds. For most of the year, you have 15 year olds. At the end of the year, you have 15 and 16 year olds.

There are 2 red-shirted boys born in March and 1 born in April of 2007. There are non-redshirted students who were born around those months and later of 2008.
Thus, the 3 redshirters are 16 while some of the non-redshirters are still 14 who will turn 15 later that spring or summer.
Thus,

NP and a teacher here. I’m not sure I believe this, but even IF true…that represents less than .5% of the redshirting going on. By and large people are redshirting summer birthdays, not spring. I think you’re being overdramatic and looking for (inventing?) fringe cases…but either way, I really can’t tell why you care so much? Are you feeling self conscious about how your child is doing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course most redshirters have a higher socioeconomic status. That's just common sense - they can afford another year of preschool or daycare (or another year of a SAHM.) As the parent of two non-redshirted kids, it doesn't bother me. I don't find the redshirted kids to be any more or less impressive. They don't stand out either way.

What grades are your children in? The boys definitely stand out when puberty hits them
before the non redshirted children.

Given the range of times when kids go through puberty, I don't believe you can tell the difference between a 10th grader who turned 16 in July and one who turned 16 in October.

Honey, that’s not the only scenario that is happening.
There are 16 year old students with my and other 14 year old students in the same grade. These kids at some point were also 14 with the 12 years old. I and others can easily tell the difference.
A year and more is big when puberty hits. That is not a secret.

Please explain how there were 16 and 14 year olds in the same class. Let's take 9th grade.

Your child was born seconds before the cut off (here, September 30) and is 14 for the 1st month (only!) of 9th grade. A red shirted kid has, say, a May birthday and turned 15 several months before starting 9th grade. So at the beginning of the year, you have 14 and 15 year olds. For most of the year, you have 15 year olds. At the end of the year, you have 15 and 16 year olds.

Love how you cherry-picked a scenario that is the absolute latest date to the cut-off which is not the vast majority of the cases. Dp