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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ya, my husband was "redshirted" by my MIL back in the day. She (and everyone else in the family) says that he was "held back."

Similarly, my grandma was "held back" so that she could start school the same year as her younger sister (Irish twins) with the thought that it would be easier to have them in the same grade (1920s parenting, yay!).

"Held back" = old school lingo for "redshirting"

Personally, I would never hold a kid back, even a boy. I was always the youngest in my class (skipped a grade) and there is a lot to be gained by having appropriate challenges. I don't see how a regular Kindergarten curriculum could be at all challenging or engaging for a 6-7 year old. Kids rise to your expectations. Lift them up, rather than expecting so little of them. You will be amazed at what your kids are capable of.

They need a year to mature? So why stick them with a bunch of younger kids? Isn't it better for them to have more mature role models they can learn from? I really don't get it.[/quote]

And I was a youngest (put ahead, actually, as I was a few days after the cutoff) who did extremely well with school but who struggled throughout socially, particularly in middle school. It was obvious enough that it had been the wrong decision that a few years later my parents refused to make the same decision for my younger sibling in the same situation, despite pressure from preschool teachers. My younger sibling did just as well academically but without nearly as much social struggles. I didn't get "lifted up" or whatever BS phrase you want to use to mask a blind, cookie-cutter approach to education.

You do you. I personally will never fault a parent for thinking their kid needs more time. [/quote]

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