Vocal Redshirt Mom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Gosh, have you ever thought that your daughter wouldn't be bored now if you had sent her to school on time? Such a shame she had to waste a year."


But I'm mean.

I can’t believe the RedShirt mom can’t out two and two together on this.

My July girl started school on time, so young for her grades and is now in fourth grade. We have a track club and mets through the local ymca, with school teams. One girl runner always wins and we get second, the other girl 4/2014 is a full 15 mos only than my child, 7/2015.

So that’s annoying, but the family is not. It’s just hard at this age to deal with losing to someone so much older than you. It will probably wash out, for girls, by 10th or 11th grade but seems like an athletics advantage for a long while.

Oh poor baby. Imagine competing against in sports where age divisions are in year increments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Gosh, have you ever thought that your daughter wouldn't be bored now if you had sent her to school on time? Such a shame she had to waste a year."


But I'm mean.

I can’t believe the RedShirt mom can’t out two and two together on this.

My July girl started school on time, so young for her grades and is now in fourth grade. We have a track club and mets through the local ymca, with school teams. One girl runner always wins and we get second, the other girl 4/2014 is a full 15 mos only than my child, 7/2015.

So that’s annoying, but the family is not. It’s just hard at this age to deal with losing to someone so much older than you. It will probably wash out, for girls, by 10th or 11th grade but seems like an athletics advantage for a long while.

Oh poor baby. Imagine competing against in sports where age divisions are in year increments

The age thing matters less and less for running. By 8th/9th it’s not a factor. I ran in middle school, high school, and college and in the younger years age is an advantage but that fades around puberty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Gosh, have you ever thought that your daughter wouldn't be bored now if you had sent her to school on time? Such a shame she had to waste a year."


But I'm mean.

I can’t believe the RedShirt mom can’t out two and two together on this.

My July girl started school on time, so young for her grades and is now in fourth grade. We have a track club and mets through the local ymca, with school teams. One girl runner always wins and we get second, the other girl 4/2014 is a full 15 mos only than my child, 7/2015.

So that’s annoying, but the family is not. It’s just hard at this age to deal with losing to someone so much older than you. It will probably wash out, for girls, by 10th or 11th grade but seems like an athletics advantage for a long while.

They redshirted an April girl? I have really no opinions on what people do with July/August/Sept kids, do what works for your kid and family. They are all close enough to the cutoff that is does not really matter. April seems extreme though, they'll be turning 18 their junior year of high school. Is this a normal thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Gosh, have you ever thought that your daughter wouldn't be bored now if you had sent her to school on time? Such a shame she had to waste a year."


But I'm mean.

I can’t believe the RedShirt mom can’t out two and two together on this.

My July girl started school on time, so young for her grades and is now in fourth grade. We have a track club and mets through the local ymca, with school teams. One girl runner always wins and we get second, the other girl 4/2014 is a full 15 mos only than my child, 7/2015.

So that’s annoying, but the family is not. It’s just hard at this age to deal with losing to someone so much older than you. It will probably wash out, for girls, by 10th or 11th grade but seems like an athletics advantage for a long while.

They redshirted an April girl? I have really no opinions on what people do with July/August/Sept kids, do what works for your kid and family. They are all close enough to the cutoff that is does not really matter. April seems extreme though, they'll be turning 18 their junior year of high school. Is this a normal thing?

I know of one March boy held back and it is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Gosh, have you ever thought that your daughter wouldn't be bored now if you had sent her to school on time? Such a shame she had to waste a year."


But I'm mean.

I can’t believe the RedShirt mom can’t out two and two together on this.

My July girl started school on time, so young for her grades and is now in fourth grade. We have a track club and mets through the local ymca, with school teams. One girl runner always wins and we get second, the other girl 4/2014 is a full 15 mos only than my child, 7/2015.

So that’s annoying, but the family is not. It’s just hard at this age to deal with losing to someone so much older than you. It will probably wash out, for girls, by 10th or 11th grade but seems like an athletics advantage for a long while.

They redshirted an April girl? I have really no opinions on what people do with July/August/Sept kids, do what works for your kid and family. They are all close enough to the cutoff that is does not really matter. April seems extreme though, they'll be turning 18 their junior year of high school. Is this a normal thing?

I know of one March boy held back and it is ridiculous.

I know him too. He’s nuts and parents are too. Same one?

[Anonymous]

Why are you talking to this person?

[Anonymous]

I can’t figure out why this matters to you, or to your kid? Is your daughter not performing where you would expect the child of two “gifted” parents to be?