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Sigh. No one cares.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both situations.

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I know, that's why I titled it "another redshirting vent" so you could be free to scroll past it if you were tired of these posts.  [b]I unfortunately fail to see ANY advantages for my late summer bday boy though, to be honest[/b].  [/quote]

OP, my kid also started 1st at 5.  Keep in mind that some studies have found that the benefits of redshirting tend to peter out over time.

Also, just personally, I'd rather my kid have to hustle to keep up academically and in sports, rather than to coast through several years of school without adequately being challenged because of being older.

I also started 1st at 5.  I don't even think I realized other kids were younger.  It was only a pain for a couple months in college, when I had to wait for my 18th bday to go out to bars/clubs with friends.  Anecdotal, but being young actually meant that I started grad school at 21 and had a Ph.D. at 26.

I know a few studies also bear this out.  Here's a New Yorker account of one such study:

The researchers discovered that relatively more mature students didn’t have an academic edge; instead, when they looked at their progress at the end of kindergarten, and, later, when they reached middle school, they were worse off in multiple respects. Not only did they score significantly lower on achievement tests—both in kindergarten and middle school—they were also more likely to have been kept back a year by the time they reached middle school, and were less likely to take college-entrance exams. [b]The less mature students, on the other hand, experienced positive effects from being in a relatively more mature environment: in striving to catch up with their peers, they ended up surpassing them.[/b]

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/youngest-kid-smartest-kid

So it may not be as dire as you think!  [/quote]

OP:  thank you for posting that study.  It makes me feel a lot better, actually.  I really appreciate it![/quote]

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