The data is in. Redshirting makes a difference. The kids get an advantage.

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Anonymous wrote:The data is in, and the experts agree that it’s a good idea to redshirt your child, because your child will be older and benefit.

Check this out: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C22JDwtuvUe/?igsh=NHdzZnNpbzAzd2hr

The issue is, when everyone redshirts, then it is just a bunch of 6 year olds doing Kindergarten work. How does anyone win with that?

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are Fall babies, so on the older side for grade. They’re terrible at sports. They got OK grades. They are Ivy legacy with zero chance at attending.

You all are making way too much of this. No matter when your kid starts kindergarten, they will end up where they end up. Parent the child you have. There are no secret fast track tricks. You have no idea what the future holds.

+1. I have a November birthday son who is not good at sports despite being one of the oldest on the teams. He does ok academically and is smart but certainly not an outstanding student by any means. My brother, on the other hand, has a September birthday and went on time so he was one of the youngest by a lot. Excellent student and star athlete. You just never know and it’s different for each kid.

The answer is to let each parent decide what’s best.

Whatever. The facts are pretty clear that redshirting may be what is best (if you can afford it.)

Exactly. Trust that people know their kids and capabilities. It does nobody any good to force a kid not quite ready to start kindergarten.

This has nothing to do with people knowing their kids. If you believe it does, you’ll believe anything.

Sure, nothing at all. Busy bodies on the internet should decide where the line in the sand is.

Honey, you yourself are among the busy bodies. No one but you said anything about the internet being the decider. Seems you think you are the decider.

I am the decider. I redshirted one of my kids. Do you think someone else would decide?

I have had one student who was appropriately redshirted. The dozens of others were decided by parents whose interest was not based on their abilities, rather it was based on getting an edge.
Parents make decisions all the time not in good faith.

Sure. You're legit. But everyone else is doing it wrong.

Yes, the ones doing it for the wrong reasons are wrong.

Cool. When we want the options of teachers who barely know our kids, we'll be sure to ask. Are you the middle school teacher who sees kids for about 40 mins a day and thinks she knows best?

And you know all the other children who you spend no time with and how they compare to yours?
Let me guess, yours is “immature” or “small.”

I don't claim to know anyone's kids I said I know mine and I'm the best person to make decisions for them. Not busybodies or teachers who don't know them. Everyone in my kid's orbit agreed what was best. Pediatrician, parents, preschool teacher and kindergarten teacher who all knew him. My decision is about my kid only, as it should be.

Suuurrreee. All the parents say that.
You’re not a teacher, you don’t know why other parents redshirt. I do and you cannot say otherwise.

Yet you stand by and do nothing. How can you work for such a corrupt organization? Your school is fully aware of this right? You're complicit when you stand by and do nothing.

Yeah, because I can force the parents to put their children in the appropriate grade.
Okay, nutso. After that all parrot the same crap you said trying to justify redshirting their pansy.

Yet you are there day after day, teaching these kids you so despise. You're a real credit to your profession. Aren't you supposed to be teaching the leaders of tomorrow? You seem to have a lot of free time...

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Starting earlier can provide more challenges, which can me inspiring or demotivating/crushing

Starting later can be easier, which can lead to more. Complete achievement of level goals or unrealized potential.

Nonschool activities, or post-high school year experience, can help compensate for difficulties.

But also, yes, Admissions Offices are dumb

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Anonymous wrote:If waiting a few months is advantageous, then waiting 18 months must be even better, right? Why not redshirt for a couple of years? You would also be able to physically dominate the class, as well as mentally.

Seriously... this is not news. Has your young child ever played a sport with a kid 1+ years older? Come on. I guess the title is right though, the kids certainly do get an advantage. Whether you really believe that's best for children is another thing.

My kids were the ones not redshirted in a sea of redshirted kids.

They competed athletically and academically. By the time high school rolled around, there was no material differences amongst the kids, other than the ones who could drive a year earlier than everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are Fall babies, so on the older side for grade. They’re terrible at sports. They got OK grades. They are Ivy legacy with zero chance at attending.

You all are making way too much of this. No matter when your kid starts kindergarten, they will end up where they end up. Parent the child you have. There are no secret fast track tricks. You have no idea what the future holds.

+1. I have a November birthday son who is not good at sports despite being one of the oldest on the teams. He does ok academically and is smart but certainly not an outstanding student by any means. My brother, on the other hand, has a September birthday and went on time so he was one of the youngest by a lot. Excellent student and star athlete. You just never know and it’s different for each kid.

The answer is to let each parent decide what’s best.

Whatever. The facts are pretty clear that redshirting may be what is best (if you can afford it.)

Exactly. Trust that people know their kids and capabilities. It does nobody any good to force a kid not quite ready to start kindergarten.

This has nothing to do with people knowing their kids. If you believe it does, you’ll believe anything.

Sure, nothing at all. Busy bodies on the internet should decide where the line in the sand is.

Honey, you yourself are among the busy bodies. No one but you said anything about the internet being the decider. Seems you think you are the decider.

I am the decider. I redshirted one of my kids. Do you think someone else would decide?

I have had one student who was appropriately redshirted. The dozens of others were decided by parents whose interest was not based on their abilities, rather it was based on getting an edge.
Parents make decisions all the time not in good faith.

Sure. You're legit. But everyone else is doing it wrong.

Yes, the ones doing it for the wrong reasons are wrong.

Cool. When we want the options of teachers who barely know our kids, we'll be sure to ask. Are you the middle school teacher who sees kids for about 40 mins a day and thinks she knows best?

And you know all the other children who you spend no time with and how they compare to yours?
Let me guess, yours is “immature” or “small.”

I don't claim to know anyone's kids I said I know mine and I'm the best person to make decisions for them. Not busybodies or teachers who don't know them. Everyone in my kid's orbit agreed what was best. Pediatrician, parents, preschool teacher and kindergarten teacher who all knew him. My decision is about my kid only, as it should be.

Suuurrreee. All the parents say that.
You’re not a teacher, you don’t know why other parents redshirt. I do and you cannot say otherwise.

Yet you stand by and do nothing. How can you work for such a corrupt organization? Your school is fully aware of this right? You're complicit when you stand by and do nothing.

Yeah, because I can force the parents to put their children in the appropriate grade.
Okay, nutso. After that all parrot the same crap you said trying to justify redshirting their pansy.

Yet you are there day after day, teaching these kids you so despise. You're a real credit to your profession. Aren't you supposed to be teaching the leaders of tomorrow? You seem to have a lot of free time...

I’m not teaching right now, idiot. Easy to see why your children need to be held back.

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Anonymous wrote:The data is in, and the experts agree that it’s a good idea to redshirt your child, because your child will be older and benefit.

Check this out: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C22JDwtuvUe/?igsh=NHdzZnNpbzAzd2hr

The issue is, when everyone redshirts, then it is just a bunch of 6 year olds doing Kindergarten work. How does anyone win with that?

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Anonymous wrote:My boys are Fall babies, so on the older side for grade. They’re terrible at sports. They got OK grades. They are Ivy legacy with zero chance at attending.

You all are making way too much of this. No matter when your kid starts kindergarten, they will end up where they end up. Parent the child you have. There are no secret fast track tricks. You have no idea what the future holds.

+1. I have a November birthday son who is not good at sports despite being one of the oldest on the teams. He does ok academically and is smart but certainly not an outstanding student by any means. My brother, on the other hand, has a September birthday and went on time so he was one of the youngest by a lot. Excellent student and star athlete. You just never know and it’s different for each kid.

The answer is to let each parent decide what’s best.

Whatever. The facts are pretty clear that redshirting may be what is best (if you can afford it.)

Exactly. Trust that people know their kids and capabilities. It does nobody any good to force a kid not quite ready to start kindergarten.

This has nothing to do with people knowing their kids. If you believe it does, you’ll believe anything.

Sure, nothing at all. Busy bodies on the internet should decide where the line in the sand is.

Honey, you yourself are among the busy bodies. No one but you said anything about the internet being the decider. Seems you think you are the decider.

I am the decider. I redshirted one of my kids. Do you think someone else would decide?

I have had one student who was appropriately redshirted. The dozens of others were decided by parents whose interest was not based on their abilities, rather it was based on getting an edge.
Parents make decisions all the time not in good faith.

Sure. You're legit. But everyone else is doing it wrong.

Yes, the ones doing it for the wrong reasons are wrong.

Cool. When we want the options of teachers who barely know our kids, we'll be sure to ask. Are you the middle school teacher who sees kids for about 40 mins a day and thinks she knows best?

And you know all the other children who you spend no time with and how they compare to yours?
Let me guess, yours is “immature” or “small.”

I don't claim to know anyone's kids I said I know mine and I'm the best person to make decisions for them. Not busybodies or teachers who don't know them. Everyone in my kid's orbit agreed what was best. Pediatrician, parents, preschool teacher and kindergarten teacher who all knew him. My decision is about my kid only, as it should be.

Suuurrreee. All the parents say that.
You’re not a teacher, you don’t know why other parents redshirt. I do and you cannot say otherwise.

Yet you stand by and do nothing. How can you work for such a corrupt organization? Your school is fully aware of this right? You're complicit when you stand by and do nothing.

Yeah, because I can force the parents to put their children in the appropriate grade.
Okay, nutso. After that all parrot the same crap you said trying to justify redshirting their pansy.

Yet you are there day after day, teaching these kids you so despise. You're a real credit to your profession. Aren't you supposed to be teaching the leaders of tomorrow? You seem to have a lot of free time...

I’m not teaching right now, idiot. Easy to see why your children need to be held back.

I highly doubt you're a teacher. But keep trying.