PSA for the kindergarten red shirters

[Anonymous]

Gee, much better to have an 18 year old senior than a 17 year old going off to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to have an 18-year-old senior, then you either have to plan carefully so that your child is born in June, July, or August, or, if you didn't plan carefully, you have to start your child a year early.

Are you familiar with sarcasm?

Also, planning carefully is not all that easy for most people. Not everyone gets pregnant simply by thinking about it.

And I am perfectly happy to have an 18 year old senior. My May bday son went on time and were perfectly happy with that too. But I have no problem with someone making a different choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't want to have an 18-year-old senior, then you either have to plan carefully so that your child is born in June, July, or August, or, if you didn't plan carefully, you have to start your child a year early.

Are you familiar with sarcasm?

Also, planning carefully is not all that easy for most people. Not everyone gets pregnant simply by thinking about it.

And I am perfectly happy to have an 18 year old senior. My May bday son went on time and were perfectly happy with that too. But I have no problem with someone making a different choice.

Helpful hint: sarcasm is difficult to detect, among anonymous posters on an Internet message board.

Example 1: you.
Example 2: me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gee, much better to have an 18 year old senior than a 17 year old going off to college.

Why? Surely it depends on the particular 17-year-old or 18-year-old?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How nice to be able to worry about those little details.

Some of us redshirt because of certain special needs and when there are no other viable options.

EXACTLY. Thank you for saying this. I actually hate the term "redshirt" as it usually implies a child was held back because the parents wanted him/her to have some kind of advantage. We held our July b-day son back from kindergarten for a year because he had severe articulation problems. By the time he started K, he was six and speaking much more normally. He's now a (gasp) 15 yr. old freshman and we've never regretted our decision. Really hate all the vitriol directed toward parents who are making the best decision they can for their own kids.

Amen sister

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gee, much better to have an 18 year old senior than a 17 year old going off to college.

Why? Surely it depends on the particular 17-year-old or 18-year-old?

Generally, 18-year olds tend to be a year more mature than when they were 17-year olds. When it comes to college, more maturity is better than less maturity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gee, much better to have an 18 year old senior than a 17 year old going off to college.

Why? Surely it depends on the particular 17-year-old or 18-year-old?

Generally, 18-year olds tend to be a year more mature than when they were 17-year olds. When it comes to college, more maturity is better than less maturity.

I agree. I don't think people should go to college until they're in the early 20s and have worked full time at low-skill jobs for several years. Actually, that might still be too early. I'm middle-aged, and I'd get a lot more out of college now than when I was in my early 20s, let alone 17 or 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did not red shirt my kids, and had never thought about the out-of-school activities angle until my kids started doing a lot of them in K and 1st grade. Basically, a lot of after school stuff is by age, not grade. So, for example, if your child had a July birthday and you held him back to start K at 6 instead of at 5 when he was eligible, he might have to play on a soccer team with the kids who are in the class above him at school instead of with most of his friends from his grade. Just letting you know because I never heard anyone talk about this when I was hearing about people were considering holding their kids back. It might make things a little awkward/annoying for the kid for sports (which are all usually out of school when you are little) and other activities. Just something to consider.

And I have seen some parents jump through the hoops to hide the redshirting by attending the tryouts for the younger age group (knowing they would not qualify and meet roster requirements), then give some crazy excuse on how a great opportunity came up to "play up" into an older team and they just could not pass it up. So funny and lame at the same time. Why not just admit the redshirting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gee, much better to have an 18 year old senior than a 17 year old going off to college.

Why? Surely it depends on the particular 17-year-old or 18-year-old?

Generally, 18-year olds tend to be a year more mature than when they were 17-year olds. When it comes to college, more maturity is better than less maturity.

I agree. I don't think people should go to college until they're in the early 20s and have worked full time at low-skill jobs for several years. Actually, that might still be too early. I'm middle-aged, and I'd get a lot more out of college now than when I was in my early 20s, let alone 17 or 18.

Boy, ain't that the truth! Youth is wasted on the young.

Generally, being at least a year more mature is better than being less mature, particularly for boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

Me too. I used to be anti-redshirting, until I read the posts from the anti-redshirters on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

Me too. I used to be anti-redshirting, until I read the posts from the anti-redshirters on DCUM.

Me, too! I used to be on the fence about it. Now I am going to do it for my child with a summer birthday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

Me too. I used to be anti-redshirting, until I read the posts from the anti-redshirters on DCUM.

It's becoming sort of a DCUM sport: watching the "on time" mommies work themselves into a lather over the "6 yr old K" kids. Funny stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

Me too. I used to be anti-redshirting, until I read the posts from the anti-redshirters on DCUM.

It's becoming sort of a DCUM sport: watching the "on time" mommies work themselves into a lather over the "6 yr old K" kids. Funny stuff.

How so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Why not just admit the redshirting?

Because people are sanctimonious jerks about redshirting. Read any thread about redshirting on this board for an example.

Reading DCUM has made me actively support redshirting.

Me too. I used to be anti-redshirting, until I read the posts from the anti-redshirters on DCUM.

It's becoming sort of a DCUM sport: watching the "on time" mommies work themselves into a lather over the "6 yr old K" kids. Funny stuff.

+1

It's amusing how worked up they get over something that doesn't affect them at all!!