Since this is anonymous, why did you REALLY redshirt your kid?

[Anonymous]

Relative age affect is a real documented phenomenon. The youngest children ARE at a disadvantage academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relative age affect is a real documented phenomenon. The youngest children ARE at a disadvantage academically.

Then why do most parents with fall-born kids send their child to Kindergarten at 4?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relative age affect is a real documented phenomenon. The youngest children ARE at a disadvantage academically.

Then why do most parents with fall-born kids send their child to Kindergarten at 4?

What? Not in the DMV. Fall starts late September and cutoff is either 9/1 or 9/30 for K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Relative age affect is a real documented phenomenon. The youngest children ARE at a disadvantage academically.

Then why do most parents with fall-born kids send their child to Kindergarten at 4?

What? Not in the DMV. Fall starts late September and cutoff is either 9/1 or 9/30 for K

But I'm talking about states where the cut-off is later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relative age affect is a real documented phenomenon. The youngest children ARE at a disadvantage academically.

At what age does this happen because DS is one of the youngest in his class and he is one of the most advanced kids in his class. Data point of one, I know, but I am curious.

[Anonymous]

I didn't really want to redshirt my July son, since he was mostly ready for kindergarten, but everyone I knew in the same situation was, so I did too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't really want to redshirt my July son, since he was mostly ready for kindergarten, but everyone I knew in the same situation was, so I did too.

Did it make you proud that he outperformed kids a year younger than him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't really want to redshirt my July son, since he was mostly ready for kindergarten, but everyone I knew in the same situation was, so I did too.

Did it make you proud that he outperformed kids a year younger than him?

Not PP - but who says he outperformed anyone? That's your weird assumption

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't really want to redshirt my July son, since he was mostly ready for kindergarten, but everyone I knew in the same situation was, so I did too.

Did it make you proud that he outperformed kids a year younger than him?

Not PP - but who says he outperformed anyone? That's your weird assumption

Seeing as how a child's abilities grow the older they get, it's only inevitable that they're going to look good next to another child a year younger than them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't really want to redshirt my July son, since he was mostly ready for kindergarten, but everyone I knew in the same situation was, so I did too.

Did it make you proud that he outperformed kids a year younger than him?

Not PP - but who says he outperformed anyone? That's your weird assumption

Seeing as how a child's abilities grow the older they get, it's only inevitable that they're going to look good next to another child a year younger than them.

not necessarily. intelligent is partly innate and not age related.

[Anonymous]

Can we call out the emperor with no clothes on?

Redshirting is predominately done by white middle class summer born boys.

Parents say they do it to either reduce a disadvantage ( being the youngest ) or gain an advantage ( be the oldest ). Both of this things, in practice, is identical and only a semantic distinction.

No other age groups of kids get this choice. A kid born in November or March can’t just decide that they want to be the oldest in their class to get a higher class rank. The school rules forbid it.

Now when people call out and shine a light on this disadvantage, parents who’s kids had that option and took advantage of it are gaslighting them. Yes, belittling them saying they are unhinged or over reacting is gaslighting.

If you redshirted your kid you did it for a reason and you don’t get to stop the rest of us from being annoyed at not having the same opportunity.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we call out the emperor with no clothes on?

Redshirting is predominately done by white middle class summer born boys.

Parents say they do it to either reduce a disadvantage ( being the youngest ) or gain an advantage ( be the oldest ). Both of this things, in practice, is identical and only a semantic distinction.

No other age groups of kids get this choice. A kid born in November or March can’t just decide that they want to be the oldest in their class to get a higher class rank. The school rules forbid it.

Now when people call out and shine a light on this disadvantage, parents who’s kids had that option and took advantage of it are gaslighting them. Yes, belittling them saying they are unhinged or over reacting is gaslighting.

If you redshirted your kid you did it for a reason and you don’t get to stop the rest of us from being annoyed at not having the same opportunity.,

why don't others have the same opportunity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:.

If you redshirted your kid you did it for a reason and you don’t get to stop the rest of us from being annoyed at not having the same opportunity.,

Just as long as you don't get annoyed at the redshirted kid. It wouldn't be fair to be annoyed with someone for something they had no say in. For all you know, said redshirted kid would have started on time had it been up to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we call out the emperor with no clothes on?

Redshirting is predominately done by white middle class summer born boys.

Parents say they do it to either reduce a disadvantage ( being the youngest ) or gain an advantage ( be the oldest ). Both of this things, in practice, is identical and only a semantic distinction.

No other age groups of kids get this choice. A kid born in November or March can’t just decide that they want to be the oldest in their class to get a higher class rank. The school rules forbid it.

Now when people call out and shine a light on this disadvantage, parents who’s kids had that option and took advantage of it are gaslighting them. Yes, belittling them saying they are unhinged or over reacting is gaslighting.

If you redshirted your kid you did it for a reason and you don’t get to stop the rest of us from being annoyed at not having the same opportunity.,

So, you're annoyed and lash out by calling the kids stupid, slow, dumb, and think they should be embarrassed at their own existence? Glad you finally figured out why you're really bothered instead of pretending that you're just above it all. It always boils down to jealousy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we call out the emperor with no clothes on?

Redshirting is predominately done by white middle class summer born boys.

Parents say they do it to either reduce a disadvantage ( being the youngest ) or gain an advantage ( be the oldest ). Both of this things, in practice, is identical and only a semantic distinction.

No other age groups of kids get this choice. A kid born in November or March can’t just decide that they want to be the oldest in their class to get a higher class rank. The school rules forbid it.

Now when people call out and shine a light on this disadvantage, parents who’s kids had that option and took advantage of it are gaslighting them. Yes, belittling them saying they are unhinged or over reacting is gaslighting.

If you redshirted your kid you did it for a reason and you don’t get to stop the rest of us from being annoyed at not having the same opportunity.,

why don't others have the same opportunity?

Because of the time of year they where born! Nobody outside of Mid summer birthdays in a district with a September cut off has the option to redshirt. So if you didn’t luckily be born in the Fall you have no opportunity to be the oldest in the school year.