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

[Anonymous]

I know someone who held back March girls.

[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.,

You always have the option to hold back your child, especially in private school. So, why are you annoyed you didn't hold back your child?

I have a fall kid. No way I was holding them back and I did everything possible to make sure they went at 5, when they should go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I don't think there are actual rules on that. Not in MCPS anyway. This is all ridiculous anyway. It all evens out as kids get older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You can always hold your child back. You just wait till they are 6 to enroll them in K. No one is checking or cares.

Some people don't consider it lucky to be held back a year or be the oldest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I don't think there are actual rules on that. Not in MCPS anyway. This is all ridiculous anyway. It all evens out as kids get older.

It doesn't even out when the kids get older. Its far less noticable usually early on as the older kids often are not reading or other academics early on so younger kids who had that, may be ahead early on. The big issue is middle and high school just for physical size.

MCPS doesn't care if you hold back your child. They don't want fall kids and make it very difficult to test in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I feel bad for the kids and the few we know are poorly behaved and parents don't monitor things and are checked out. We've had to restrict friendships as the behavior was so off the hook on the group chats and other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I don't think there are actual rules on that. Not in MCPS anyway. This is all ridiculous anyway. It all evens out as kids get older.

It doesn't even out when the kids get older. Its far less noticable usually early on as the older kids often are not reading or other academics early on so younger kids who had that, may be ahead early on. The big issue is middle and high school just for physical size.

MCPS doesn't care if you hold back your child. They don't want fall kids and make it very difficult to test in.

what on earth are you talking about? I thought the argument was the older kids are way ahead... LOL

[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.,

Nobody can stop anyone from being annoyed. To that end, I didn't redshirt and I am annoyed by people like you, who use fake concern about equity to attack parents who are worried about their kids and doing something that has no measurable impact on anyone else. And yes, your concern is fake, because I am sure you are engaging in practices that are far, far more harmful to equitable outcomes than redshirting.

I despise hypocrites, and I think anti redshirters are huge hypocrites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You are an idiot. OMG. I don't even know how to respond to this. I feel like I couldn't type an answer that explains admission rules in basic enough terms for you.

Suffice it to say, you don't understand anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I feel bad for the kids and the few we know are poorly behaved and parents don't monitor things and are checked out. We've had to restrict friendships as the behavior was so off the hook on the group chats and other things.

So you only know a few redshirted kids that you look down on but this is somehow a giant problem and redshirted kids have a huge advantage?

I suppose you are another example of the questionable reasoning skills of DCUM antiredshirters. I have low expectations for you folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You are an idiot. OMG. I don't even know how to respond to this. I feel like I couldn't type an answer that explains admission rules in basic enough terms for you.

Suffice it to say, you don't understand anything.

Do you know anyone born January to March who was redshirted? It is literally isolated to Summer babies outside of the minority of schools that go by the calendar year inside of the traditional September- June academic year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You are an idiot. OMG. I don't even know how to respond to this. I feel like I couldn't type an answer that explains admission rules in basic enough terms for you.

Suffice it to say, you don't understand anything.

Do you know anyone born January to March who was redshirted? It is literally isolated to Summer babies outside of the minority of schools that go by the calendar year inside of the traditional September- June academic year.

Yes, one of my (non-redshirted) kid's good friends from elementary school. Born in February and redshirted. Great kid.

You don't understand a lot of basic things, including the definition of the word 'literally.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I feel bad for the kids and the few we know are poorly behaved and parents don't monitor things and are checked out. We've had to restrict friendships as the behavior was so off the hook on the group chats and other things.

So you only know a few redshirted kids that you look down on but this is somehow a giant problem and redshirted kids have a huge advantage?

I suppose you are another example of the questionable reasoning skills of DCUM antiredshirters. I have low expectations for you folks.

I don't look down on the kids as they don't behave that way with me. I look down on the parents for not monitoring what is going on with their kids. They are smart kids and bored and should be in the grade higher.

I really don't care if others do it. Usually those who do, from what I see, are the uninvolved parents who send their kids to play based preschools so the parents then say the kids aren't ready, when the real issue was the kids didn't get the skills they needed at home or at preschool to be successful. A good preschool will start reading skills at least by age four. A good parent will work with their child 10-15 minutes a few days a week to start working on letter recognition and reading or get a tutor (and there is a difference from parents who can and will not vs. cannot). I feel really bad for the kids when they come into K and many of their peers are reading and other academic skills and here they are the oldest and don't have those skills and have to play catch up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I feel bad for the kids and the few we know are poorly behaved and parents don't monitor things and are checked out. We've had to restrict friendships as the behavior was so off the hook on the group chats and other things.

So you only know a few redshirted kids that you look down on but this is somehow a giant problem and redshirted kids have a huge advantage?

I suppose you are another example of the questionable reasoning skills of DCUM antiredshirters. I have low expectations for you folks.

I don't look down on the kids as they don't behave that way with me. I look down on the parents for not monitoring what is going on with their kids. They are smart kids and bored and should be in the grade higher.

I really don't care if others do it. Usually those who do, from what I see, are the uninvolved parents who send their kids to play based preschools so the parents then say the kids aren't ready, when the real issue was the kids didn't get the skills they needed at home or at preschool to be successful. A good preschool will start reading skills at least by age four. A good parent will work with their child 10-15 minutes a few days a week to start working on letter recognition and reading or get a tutor (and there is a difference from parents who can and will not vs. cannot). I feel really bad for the kids when they come into K and many of their peers are reading and other academic skills and here they are the oldest and don't have those skills and have to play catch up.

Your fake concern is really touching. It really shows that you care deeply about these kids. Almost brought a tear to my eye, this sorry tale you told of the poor oldest kids, doomed for life.

[Anonymous]

I suspect my cousin did it with his son by his son was noticeably behind developmentally. Kid is doing great now and is an athlete.