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[quote=Anonymous]I've responded to this sort of thread before, although I can't find the links right now--I looked into this given talk of redshirting on DCUM (had never heard of it before), and also because my 3yo has a September bday.

Anyway, I remember reading that the research doesn't really support redshirting.  It basically said that the little bit of an edge redshirting give kids as far as academics and sports early on fades by the time they get to high school.  Basically, these kids don't have to try as hard, because they're bigger and smarter and faster than their peers.  However, if your kid is the one of youngest in the class, they'll have to try really hard to keep up with their older classmates--and they'll benefit cognitively from that in the long run.

One of the studies I can recall was by Stanford (of Stanford & Binet fame).  They looked at kids who had IQs in the top 1% of the population.  Kids who were young for their grade were over-represented in the sample.

There are more of these studies, along with a couple of NYT and other articles about the topic, if anyone else can find them (I just got home and have stuff to do).[/quote]

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