Redshirting August boy?

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Also watch the math. I always am entertained by the people here (usually anti-redshirters but not always) who plainly cannot do basic math.

Says the troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Before you redshirt, just remember that you will have a year of parenting an adult in the future.

So many of my friends who redshirted their boys had huge struggles once they reached 18 and still had another year of HS left.

Lots of "you can't make me, I'm 18" and fighting.

And if you don’t redshirt a late August birthday, you’ll most likely be dropping off a 17 year old, non-adult to college, since many colleges start mid-August. There are downsides to that as well.

No, they would be turning 18.

If move-in day is August 15 and your DC turns 18 on August 31, they will be 17 when you drop them off at college. Yes, they turn 18 quickly but you’re dropping off a kid who is not yet a legal adult.

You wouldn’t send your child to college because of the two weeks of being 17? Good Lord!

What's the rush?

What’s the holdup?

For me it was that my late August birthday kid cried every single day of kindergarten because she "just wanted to play" and hated all of the seat work in school. She was sent to the Principal's office daily for minor infractions and started considering herself to be a "bad kid." Academically she was fine, but she lacked social emotional readiness to succeed in K. Having been through that year, I wish I'd held her. It took us years to rebuilt her interest in school and confidence that she's not inherently "bad."

That would be my hold up. My kid's well being.

Yet, you accuse others who put their child through at the appropriate time as rushing.
Your kid had a problem, most do not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Before you redshirt, just remember that you will have a year of parenting an adult in the future.

So many of my friends who redshirted their boys had huge struggles once they reached 18 and still had another year of HS left.

Lots of "you can't make me, I'm 18" and fighting.

And if you don’t redshirt a late August birthday, you’ll most likely be dropping off a 17 year old, non-adult to college, since many colleges start mid-August. There are downsides to that as well.

No, they would be turning 18.

If move-in day is August 15 and your DC turns 18 on August 31, they will be 17 when you drop them off at college. Yes, they turn 18 quickly but you’re dropping off a kid who is not yet a legal adult.

That 2 week period is not a reason to redshirt.

It's one of many. But there's no reason that is acceptable to you, so what does it matter if you agree?

Then have your child live in your basement forever.

[Anonymous]

Did not redshirt my August born son and was of no concern by 2nd grade and is not noticeable at all in 7th grade now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Also watch the math. I always am entertained by the people here (usually anti-redshirters but not always) who plainly cannot do basic math.

Says the troll.

So, in addition to not being able to do basic math, you don’t know what trolling is? What a lackluster education you had. Pity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

Private schools? It’s not that uncommon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

Private schools? It’s not that uncommon.

My son has been to two and neither one suggested it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. Also watch the math. I always am entertained by the people here (usually anti-redshirters but not always) who plainly cannot do basic math.

Says the troll.

So, in addition to not being able to do basic math, you don’t know what trolling is? What a lackluster education you had. Pity.

Okay, troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

Private schools? It’s not that uncommon.

My son has been to two and neither one suggested it.

He attended K at two different schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

Private schools? It’s not that uncommon.

It is not a requirement in any private school in the greater DC area other than one boy’s school in the Potomac area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do it.

- parent of a late August birthday kid who didn't redshirt

+1

Parent of an August 4th boy who we didn't redshirt. The difference becomes enormous around 6th grade.

Found the opposite to be true. The percentage in the age disparity narrows as well. A 3 year old is greater in age difference from a 2 year old than a 13 year old to a 12 year old.

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Anonymous wrote:Depending on the school, you won’t have much of a choice. Many of them redshirt kids back to may for K entry.

Not true, it is not “many” schools that do this.

Private schools? It’s not that uncommon.

My son has been to two and neither one suggested it.

He attended K at two different schools?

He attended two different private schools at different grades that neither practice this for their incoming Kindergartners or any grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do it.

- parent of a late August birthday kid who didn't redshirt

+1

Parent of an August 4th boy who we didn't redshirt. The difference becomes enormous around 6th grade.

NP. Quite the opposite, actually.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do it.

- parent of a late August birthday kid who didn't redshirt

+1

Parent of an August 4th boy who we didn't redshirt. The difference becomes enormous around 6th grade.

As a former teacher, by the time they are in middle school, it’s of no difference.