Opposite of redshirting

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The school cut off for bdays here is Jan 1-Dec 31. So all kids in the same grade are born in the same year. I don't know any kids that have been redshirted here.
Anyway, all this redshirting talk reminded me of this. My sister planned to have her kids in Oct, Nov or Dec because they would be home less with her, less daycare cost if she used daycare. She couldn't wait to have her kids in school asap.
She thought having a kid in January was stupid, when you could have one in December and they would both start school at the same time.


Looking back it was indicative of certain things with her

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so was she able to pull it off? (ie getting pregnant exactly the month she wanted to?)

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October x 2, yes

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Are you in Connecticut?

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The opposite of redshirting is early entry, not trying to have your children at the end of the school eligibility year because day care is expensive.

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I was in a school system like this with a December birthday. It was TERRIBLE always being the youngest. To compound matters, I was advanced and ended up skipping a grade. I graduated at 16. No 16-year-old should be allowed to go to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in a school system like this with a December birthday. It was TERRIBLE always being the youngest. To compound matters, I was advanced and ended up skipping a grade. I graduated at 16. No 16-year-old should be allowed to go to college.

?

I'm sorry that it was terrible for you being the youngest, but I don't think that you represent everybody.

And I graduated from high school at 16, and nothing bad happened, as far as I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you in Connecticut?

I have a cousin who lives in Connecticut. Remarkably 4 of her 5 brainiac children have January birthdays. Her one "normal" kid was born in November. Drives my cousin crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school cut off for bdays here is Jan 1-Dec 31. So all kids in the same grade are born in the same year. I don't know any kids that have been redshirted here.
Anyway, all this redshirting talk reminded me of this. My sister planned to have her kids in Oct, Nov or Dec because they would be home less with her, less daycare cost if she used daycare. She couldn't wait to have her kids in school asap.
She thought having a kid in January was stupid, when you could have one in December and they would both start school at the same time.


Looking back it was indicative of certain things with her

Your situation is your situation, but this strikes me as really unfair. If I could plan to have a child in a month that would save me THOUSANDS of dollars, I would most certainly consider it. That benefits the kid too, you know. It's really not that different than teachers planning to have a baby in April/May/June to minimize maternity leave taken.

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Anonymous wrote:The opposite of redshirting is early entry, not trying to have your children at the end of the school eligibility year because day care is expensive.

She ended up being a SAHM when she had the first one.
She just didn't want to have to parent longer than necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school cut off for bdays here is Jan 1-Dec 31. So all kids in the same grade are born in the same year. I don't know any kids that have been redshirted here.
Anyway, all this redshirting talk reminded me of this. My sister planned to have her kids in Oct, Nov or Dec because they would be home less with her, less daycare cost if she used daycare. She couldn't wait to have her kids in school asap.
She thought having a kid in January was stupid, when you could have one in December and they would both start school at the same time.


Looking back it was indicative of certain things with her

Your situation is your situation, but this strikes me as really unfair. If I could plan to have a child in a month that would save me THOUSANDS of dollars, I would most certainly consider it. That benefits the kid too, you know. It's really not that different than teachers planning to have a baby in April/May/June to minimize maternity leave taken.

She didn't really do it for the monetary savings though.
That was what she said as a factor in why it is better generally.
But she has been a SAHM, her kids are now 18, 17.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you in Connecticut?

I have a cousin who lives in Connecticut. Remarkably 4 of her 5 brainiac children have January birthdays. Her one "normal" kid was born in November. Drives my cousin crazy.

Why does that drive her crazy ??

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The opposite of redshirting is early entry, not trying to have your children at the end of the school eligibility year because day care is expensive.

She ended up being a SAHM when she had the first one.
She just didn't want to have to parent longer than necessary.

You mean that kids in school don't need to be parented?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you in Connecticut?

I have a cousin who lives in Connecticut. Remarkably 4 of her 5 brainiac children have January birthdays. Her one "normal" kid was born in November. Drives my cousin crazy.

Why does that drive her crazy ??

I'm confused too. maybe the january bdays are brainiacs because they waited an extra year to start school?

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Anonymous wrote:I was in a school system like this with a December birthday. It was TERRIBLE always being the youngest. To compound matters, I was advanced and ended up skipping a grade. I graduated at 16. No 16-year-old should be allowed to go to college.

Both of my two oldest kids (college age now) started college at 16. We purposely picked a college where A. Having a car was not at all a necessity, and B. Freshmen were discouraged from having cars on campus. No problems with either.