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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get this. Our daughter’s birthday is in September. The school we had applied to last year suggested she needs to be redshirted. And I am against it. Now I see that some parents go out of their ways to do this [/quote] A few privates we looked at wanted me to hold my September kid back and couldn't give me any good reason given they had all top grade and test scores.[/quote] I think what you’re missing is the social aspect of this as your kid gets older. Most kids start in kindergarten with the top test scores but some are a year older than your child. How will that go when they start hitting puberty at different times, are trying out for the same sports teams, and are hitting milestones much later. I know we all want to believe that our kids are the very smartest and somehow they’re all above average but the youngest in the class are often at a disadvantage socially especially as they get into middle and high school.[/quote]
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