NOT redshirting an August birthday

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My August DS was not held back. He is now in High School and doing very well. I can’t imagine him being a year behind. I think he’d be bored and frustrated.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

Eh, there's nothing embarassing about redshirting. Everyone wants to give their kids advantages in life.

There are plenty of ways to give your kids advantages but holding back isn't one of them. Use that extra preschool money to pay for graduate school.

I would also hate to waste his wonderful sharp brain and prevent him from learning for a whole year. Why would I want to dumb down my kid?

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I find all the people claiming their kids would be “so bored” to be odd, but I generally think parents claiming their children are so smart that school bores them to be a little bit of a red flag. I didn’t redshirt, just my general life observations.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

It’s natural law anti-redshirter!! Hi crazy. How are you doing in crazy land?

K. was meant for kids to go at age 5, not 6. Why would you unnecessarily hold your child back? It makes no sense.

If I send my kid on time, they start K at 4 yo. If I redshirt, they're start at 5 yo and turn 6 yo during the year. My issue is that K isn't meant for a 4 yo.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

Eh, there's nothing embarassing about redshirting. Everyone wants to give their kids advantages in life.

There are plenty of ways to give your kids advantages but holding back isn't one of them. Use that extra preschool money to pay for graduate school.

I would also hate to waste his wonderful sharp brain and prevent him from learning for a whole year. Why would I want to dumb down my kid?

Then don't do it. And let other people decide for themselves. You are not everybody.

[Anonymous]

I will take an extra year of my life home being with my son than $20k in childcare. I was also redshirted and it was a big advantage for me (all-state, valedictorian), and I want to pass that on.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you in DC? We are in DCPS with a late August birthday and there are a ton of late summer and even some September birthdays at my kid's school. And most are boys, actually. There are also kids with October and November birthdays who are basically a year older. And it's fine. My kid does fine socially and is doing great academically. I can't imagine holding him back -- he's in K and learning to read and it seems nuts to me that we could have him in PK4 now. I think he'd be really bored.

It may be different in private school or in other districts. I think it's really hard to redshirt in DCPS, so we never considered it and it doesn't seem like anyone else did either. In august, we have a birthday party every weekend with friends from his grade, and have even talked about doing a joint party one year since summer birthday parties can sometimes be tricky.

I would not worry about it.

Same. My kids all have September birthdays and all went on time in DCPS. The vast majority of kids in their grades went on time too, and many with July-September birthdays. There are only a small handful of girls and boys who were born in the year prior.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

It’s natural law anti-redshirter!! Hi crazy. How are you doing in crazy land?

K. was meant for kids to go at age 5, not 6. Why would you unnecessarily hold your child back? It makes no sense.

If I send my kid on time, they start K at 4 yo. If I redshirt, they're start at 5 yo and turn 6 yo during the year. My issue is that K isn't meant for a 4 yo.

They are 4 for a few weeks. K is not meant for a 6 year old either.

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Anonymous wrote:I will take an extra year of my life home being with my son than $20k in childcare. I was also redshirted and it was a big advantage for me (all-state, valedictorian), and I want to pass that on.

Smart kids do that regardless, not because they were held back.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

Eh, there's nothing embarassing about redshirting. Everyone wants to give their kids advantages in life.

There are plenty of ways to give your kids advantages but holding back isn't one of them. Use that extra preschool money to pay for graduate school.

I would also hate to waste his wonderful sharp brain and prevent him from learning for a whole year. Why would I want to dumb down my kid?

Then don't do it. And let other people decide for themselves. You are not everybody.

The kids don't get to decide and that's who it impacts.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

Eh, there's nothing embarassing about redshirting. Everyone wants to give their kids advantages in life.

There are plenty of ways to give your kids advantages but holding back isn't one of them. Use that extra preschool money to pay for graduate school.

I would also hate to waste his wonderful sharp brain and prevent him from learning for a whole year. Why would I want to dumb down my kid?

Then don't do it. And let other people decide for themselves. You are not everybody.

The kids don't get to decide and that's who it impacts.

Oh well, kids don't get a lot of say about their lives. This is just another choice their parents make for them.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

It’s natural law anti-redshirter!! Hi crazy. How are you doing in crazy land?

K. was meant for kids to go at age 5, not 6. Why would you unnecessarily hold your child back? It makes no sense.

If I send my kid on time, they start K at 4 yo. If I redshirt, they're start at 5 yo and turn 6 yo during the year. My issue is that K isn't meant for a 4 yo.

They are 4 for a few weeks. K is not meant for a 6 year old either.

Says who? Cite the law that states this.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

Oh stop. Seniors are 18 now starting in Sept/October senior year anyway, Rip Van Winkle.

Very few. I'd be embarrassed to hold my child back. But, I'd rather set them up to succeed vs. hold them back and hope that fixes things.

It’s natural law anti-redshirter!! Hi crazy. How are you doing in crazy land?

K. was meant for kids to go at age 5, not 6. Why would you unnecessarily hold your child back? It makes no sense.

If I send my kid on time, they start K at 4 yo. If I redshirt, they're start at 5 yo and turn 6 yo during the year. My issue is that K isn't meant for a 4 yo.

They are 4 for a few weeks. K is not meant for a 6 year old either.

The vast majority of non-redshirted kids turn 6 yo during K. It's meant for 5-6 yos.

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Anonymous wrote:My September kid was not redshirted, then was redshirted for a few years when we moved. Now he is a senior in high school and no longer redshirted (because of another move). I asked him about it. His hot take, as a kid who has been both redshirted and not redshirted, was that you are all crazy people who don’t have any serious problems in your lives, if this is what you spend your time obsessed over. 🤣🤣

It’s hard to explain DCUM to a teen boy.

Smart kid.

Kids just want to be generally with their age cohort and find a few kids who they get along with and then they are fine. People worry about having the smallest kid in class but if you go to an actual classroom, there is always a smallest kid and they are almost always totally fine. There's also a biggest kid who is fine. The kids don't care!

Yup. They are fine. Do what you think is best.

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Anonymous wrote:Just remember that if you redshirt, you'll have an 18 year old adult to get through senior year of high school.

I’m the PP who has an 18-year-old, non-redshirted senior. This year has been great. There is no “getting through” here. But I like my kid. I think maybe some of the PPs can’t understand what having a good relationship with their kids is like, so want to kick them out as soon as possible, but most families aren’t that dysfunctional.