Redshirting - why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Knowing what I know now about redshirting, I would redshirt regardless of the circumstances. Redshirted kids have a huge advantage from k-12. It's an advantage there free for the taking. We made a mistake by not taking advantage of that opportunity.

AKA: "My kid can't compete with the kids in his own age group, so I'll put him in with a bunch of younger kids and he'll look like a gosh darn GENIUS!! That's the ticket!!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Knowing what I know now about redshirting, I would redshirt regardless of the circumstances. Redshirted kids have a huge advantage from k-12. It's an advantage there free for the taking. We made a mistake by not taking advantage of that opportunity.

AKA: "My kid can't compete with the kids in his own age group, so I'll put him in with a bunch of younger kids and he'll look like a gosh darn GENIUS!! That's the ticket!!"

I spoke in general terms about a general topic, why make it personal about anyone's kids in particular. If your kids are in anyway similar to you, our children being normal would need to be a year older, bigger, stronger, and wiser to protect themselves, because your kid must be one mean little prick.