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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have teens.  I have seen families who redshirted because their kids weren't ready and in every case they believe it was the right thing to do.  As the years went on it made no difference in terms of the other kids in the grade, they were indistinguishable.  I also know of a family whose child was borderline and they decided not to redshirt.  The boy was very bright but immature.  Several years later after he struggled with the demands of the classroom they had him repeat a grade and he has thrived ever since.  They regret not redshirting him.

There are reasons.  If you aren't in that position, you won't understand them.  We all have difficult decisions to make about our children all the time and ultimately we try to do whats best for them.  The one thing I've learned now that my kids are teens is humility.  Those parents I judged for various reasons when our kids were younger got some things right that I got wrong.  There are no perfect parents out there so maybe we all need to be a bit more humble, a bit less judgmental, and try to understand each other instead.  I find that parents of younger children have more trouble doing this, but as their kids get older they realize that all children challenge their parents.[/quote]

Well said, PP.  I wish there were more people like you on DCUM.  :-)[/quote]

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