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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would try to figure out, though, WHY they are advising you to redshirt. Is that their standard advice for any kid within a month of the cutoff date? If so, take that advice with a grain of salt. If it is based on specific concerns or behaviors they have observed in your child, and can articulate that, that's worth considering.

(Some people tried to tell me that we should redshirt just because he was born in September. For our kid, that was a ridiculous idea. He thrived in K. He's now in 4th and in advanced academics, doing great socially, and I can't think of a single reason that he'd be better in 3rd)[/quote]

I agree.  Some educators take the one-size-fits-all approach with boys.  When we were debating this question with our DS, so many simply gave the blanket, "well boys should start late" without knowing our son.  I would definitely ask for specifics.

Like PP, we didn't reshirt and our son thrived in K, and all along in school.  He's now in HS in honors classes, gets great grades, and has a strong work ethic.  Sometimes I wonder if we'd held him back, would this be the case?  There are studies showing being the youngest is actually beneficial and the points they highlight seem to fit our DS perfectly. [/quote]

Us too. The thing that troubles me about redshirting is that I live in an extremely high SES area. The parents doing this en masse around me are ones with the good kinds of SAHM, the ones who grow up in museums and traveling internationally and being loved and adored by friends and family. If THESE kids are "not ready" for the "rigors" of K, you really think inner city kids raised in subsidized child care are?

The privilege astounds me. I'm rich but my kids are fine, they've grown up with education and privilege, of course they can handle freaking kindergarten. [/quote]

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