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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you to the mothers/fathers who answered my question. Everyone who answered the question seemed to advise being confident and to the point. Thank you for the advice. I am excited about the future. :)

Yes, my son will turn 7 a few days or weeks before K graduation. He will be 6 the whole school year like many other children. Children start turning 6 on day one. And in my social circle, just about everybody redshirted for August and September and a few July/June too. Sorry if it bothers you or makes you think ill of me or my child but I had to do what is best for my child, of course. I researched this and thought about it for over a year and discussed and researched this ad nausuem. It's an old and dull subject to me now- read so many articles, books, comments, and had many conversations with friends and relatives. It's a dead horse- the debate of whether to redshirt or not. I already decided to do it and I just wanted advice from "veterans" so to speak. My own child told me if he's ever the youngest- to get him outta there! lol All the important people in my life are on board w it. It's what we did and are doing.

Yes, he will turn 19 a few days or weeks before high school graduation, as did my husband. We met in college and I never cared or noticed much that we had the same birthday but were in different grades. Actually this is a bonus for me because it gives me more time to influence and teach my child and gives him more time to mature. I graduated from college at 17 and did well but would have much preferred my child's path.

Please don't turn this thread into a redshirt debate- there are 9430940329 of those elsewhere and all over the internet. We don't need another one. :)

Besides, I know its cliché but every child and every family is different and has different needs. One of the main things I am looking forward to about having another year of half-day school is that my husband will be able to have father/son time with our child. He has been out of the country for 3 years. I'm not going to tell people this though, I am going to stick with "It was/is best for our family." Not going to protest too much in person ;)

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