Redshirting August boy?

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Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Poor, desperate big 3 parents!

And PP is not one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Ever think of what that says about the school if they don't want summer kids?

They know that structured activities for 6+ hours a day isn’t age appropriate for 4-5 year olds.

And, yet, they could modify their program to make it age appropriate and don't. What does that say about them?

And, yes, it is age appropriate and most kids thrive off the structure. Sounds like your preschool didn't prepare your kids properly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

I’m convinced this poster is a poll whether they realize it or not. Delaying the youngest kids in a grade is because of maturity issues due to being ten to twelve (or more) months younger than a portion of their classmates. That is not a delay. That’s developmental maturity, a concept you cannot seem to grasp.

Private schools will help guide you through this process to determine the best placement for children with borderline birthdays to thrive. So take your special needs pushing elsewhere. There’s nothing wrong with special needs. But it’s entirely different from maturity based on being on the younger side of a 12 month spectrum. And by the way, sometimes kids with special needs who are young for the grade also benefit from extra time as they can actually be delayed and their placement would be appropriate in either grade. So just get a life and stop putting labels on kids, you loser.

Not the poster you’re replying to but then doesn’t that just turn a different cohort of kids (say, the may and June kids) into the youngest kids in a 12 month span (or a 14 month span thanks to redshirting) who then would ALSO benefit from being held back, because it’s tough for those kids to be in a class with kids who are that much older and more mature, if they themselves are a little immature? When does it stop? With the March/ April kids? Where is the cutoff for redshirting being ok? Because if all august kids redshirt, then July is the new august. So when July kids start redshirting, June becomes the new august. What is the cutoff??

Because the “real” cutoff is sept 1 (or whatever date it is in your own county). But I feel like a lot of redshirting parents will say “oh we redshirted our july boy but it’s crazy to see these May kids redshirted”. So people who think that way clearly don’t really think parents should be able to choose when their kids start school, they just want the cutoff to favor their child. That’s it.

Yea, it does create a new cohort of kids who are the youngest in the class. Some kids will do okay as the youngest, as some will benefit from being the oldest. What seems less fair that taking it on a kid by kid basis is essentially making birthdays a lottery system- let’s assume the 9/1 cut off above: if you’re born late in the summer, you’re out of luck compared to the September and October kids. There will usually be statistically proven disadvantages of being the youngest. If your kid falls into that bracket, it’s good to have some flexibility so they don’t end up a statistic. May parents will cry about this because now it makes their kid potentially younger, but even that is sort of silly because a) they won’t be and b) the kids who are redshirted are generally outliers and do not comprise close to the majority of the class.

If the majority of august kids redshirt, then the July kids will absolutely become the youngest. And when the July kids redshirt, the June kids become the youngest. And so on and so forth. People who resdshirt their kids feel exactly as you say- that their kids are the youngest, they don’t like that, so instead they make them the oldest by holding them back a grade. Which, in turn, makes a different cohort of kids (the early summer kids) the youngest when previously those kids would have had a handful of children younger than them.

So, then, those kids redshirt. Now the spring kids are the youngest when prior to redshirting, they’d have been late middle of the pack, age wise. It just continues. This is why there should be a firm cutoff, absent a doctors letter.

That isn’t why people redshirt, dumba$$.

They are holding back to pretend their kids are smarter, more athletic and trying to give them an edge. Schools hold back kids as it makes it easier to teach a kid who hasn't learned but is overly ready.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

My held back daughter will turn 19 in august after graduating high school in May at 18.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

My held back daughter will turn 19 in august after graduating high school in May at 18.

And to add, her bff (not redshirted) will turn 19 in September (2 weeks after my DD).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

I’m convinced this poster is a poll whether they realize it or not. Delaying the youngest kids in a grade is because of maturity issues due to being ten to twelve (or more) months younger than a portion of their classmates. That is not a delay. That’s developmental maturity, a concept you cannot seem to grasp.

Private schools will help guide you through this process to determine the best placement for children with borderline birthdays to thrive. So take your special needs pushing elsewhere. There’s nothing wrong with special needs. But it’s entirely different from maturity based on being on the younger side of a 12 month spectrum. And by the way, sometimes kids with special needs who are young for the grade also benefit from extra time as they can actually be delayed and their placement would be appropriate in either grade. So just get a life and stop putting labels on kids, you loser.

Not the poster you’re replying to but then doesn’t that just turn a different cohort of kids (say, the may and June kids) into the youngest kids in a 12 month span (or a 14 month span thanks to redshirting) who then would ALSO benefit from being held back, because it’s tough for those kids to be in a class with kids who are that much older and more mature, if they themselves are a little immature? When does it stop? With the March/ April kids? Where is the cutoff for redshirting being ok? Because if all august kids redshirt, then July is the new august. So when July kids start redshirting, June becomes the new august. What is the cutoff??

Because the “real” cutoff is sept 1 (or whatever date it is in your own county). But I feel like a lot of redshirting parents will say “oh we redshirted our july boy but it’s crazy to see these May kids redshirted”. So people who think that way clearly don’t really think parents should be able to choose when their kids start school, they just want the cutoff to favor their child. That’s it.

Yea, it does create a new cohort of kids who are the youngest in the class. Some kids will do okay as the youngest, as some will benefit from being the oldest. What seems less fair that taking it on a kid by kid basis is essentially making birthdays a lottery system- let’s assume the 9/1 cut off above: if you’re born late in the summer, you’re out of luck compared to the September and October kids. There will usually be statistically proven disadvantages of being the youngest. If your kid falls into that bracket, it’s good to have some flexibility so they don’t end up a statistic. May parents will cry about this because now it makes their kid potentially younger, but even that is sort of silly because a) they won’t be and b) the kids who are redshirted are generally outliers and do not comprise close to the majority of the class.

If the majority of august kids redshirt, then the July kids will absolutely become the youngest. And when the July kids redshirt, the June kids become the youngest. And so on and so forth. People who resdshirt their kids feel exactly as you say- that their kids are the youngest, they don’t like that, so instead they make them the oldest by holding them back a grade. Which, in turn, makes a different cohort of kids (the early summer kids) the youngest when previously those kids would have had a handful of children younger than them.

So, then, those kids redshirt. Now the spring kids are the youngest when prior to redshirting, they’d have been late middle of the pack, age wise. It just continues. This is why there should be a firm cutoff, absent a doctors letter.

That isn’t why people redshirt, dumba$$.

They are holding back to pretend their kids are smarter, more athletic and trying to give them an edge. Schools hold back kids as it makes it easier to teach a kid who hasn't learned but is overly ready.

Nope. You still don't get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Ever think of what that says about the school if they don't want summer kids?

They know that structured activities for 6+ hours a day isn’t age appropriate for 4-5 year olds.

And, yet, they could modify their program to make it age appropriate and don't. What does that say about them?

And, yes, it is age appropriate and most kids thrive off the structure. Sounds like your preschool didn't prepare your kids properly.

It says our whole educational system is fcked up.

Current K is not age appropriate. Current HS is not age appropriate (taking 11+ APs).

Kids need unstructured playtime to learn many things, including executive functioning and social skills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

Oh. My. God. How is it possible for the anti-redshirters to be this dumb?

[Anonymous]

Athletes red shirt regularly, but I think that’s because they have more consultants and people looking after their best interests. Not athletic parents often think redshirting is such a violation, but it’s good for some kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

Not if their birthday is after June. Any summer birthday would still be 18 at graduation

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APP recommends full day K.
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/35/8/30/24929/Report-on-full-day-kindergarten?redirectedFrom=fulltext

APP study on holding back

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/article-abstract/16/4/26/18381/Redshirting-gets-low-marks-from-experts-on-school?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Another APP article

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/preschool/Pages/Is-Your-Child-Ready-for-School.aspx?_ga=2.11910322.72451483.1673973284-889523071.1673973284&_gl=1*1qyaen5*_ga*ODg5NTIzMDcxLjE2NzM5NzMyODQ.*_ga_FD9D3XZVQQ*MTY3Mzk3MzI4NC4xLjEuMTY3Mzk3MzY5OC4wLjAuMA..

Funny. The experts don’t seem to agree with holding back kids.

Funny how you are not at all ashamed of showing how little you can actually read.

The anti redshirt nut considers herself right up there with the celebrated experts of the APP. She's a legend in her own warped mind.

We should get the anti-redshirters to try math again. High entertainment value.

You are saying your kids have social and emotional delays and got them no help. That is neglect. Your kids could not get into these privates otherwise as they were not what you or the schools considered perfect.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Man, anti-redshirters are comedy gold. Love these threads.

Ask them how old the redshirted kids are when they graduate HS or college. It's hilarious.

Um… 18 when he graduated high school. What’s the hilarious part ?

Your child would not be 18 if they were held back. They'd be 19.

Incorrect. My child was an August birthday. He graduated at age 18. He turned 19 in August, two weeks before he started college. I may not know much, but I do I know how old my kids are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Poor, desperate big 3 parents!

And PP is not one of them.

What is Big 3? I have never heard of it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Poor, desperate big 3 parents!

And PP is not one of them.

What is Big 3? I have never heard of it

Three private schools in DC that some people consider the most prestigious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kids I know who redshirted, their families are exactly the type id expect to redshirt their kids. That’s all. A lot of them now complain that they wish area sports were grade based, not birth year based, because “it is hard to always have him be with the 3rd graders when he is a second grader”. Mind you this is for , say, August birthday boys who are basically in the middle, age-wise, for a birth year based sports team lol.

Anyways like I said whenever I find out a kid was held back/ is a year old for his grade it’s always “oh, well yeah knowing his parents that makes sense”.

This 100%.

Also, fwiw, in our child's grade at a big 3 elementary, it is the red shirted boys who have consistently caused the most disruption (in a grade that has many more boys than girls for some reason), which has led to many parents waging serious complaints to the school administration and admissions.

If your kids actually went to a big 3 elementary, then you'd know that the schools are forcing summer boys to redshirt. It's not even a choice for parents if they want their kids to attend. The "type of parents" are parents who send their summer bday kids to big 3.

Poor, desperate big 3 parents!

And PP is not one of them.

What is Big 3? I have never heard of it

Three private schools in DC that some people consider the most prestigious.

Sidwell, Cathedral schools (NCS and St Albans), GDS