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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've read several threads on DCUM where people hotly debate the pros and cons of redshirting, and it's never quite made sense to me.  Assuming you're sending your kid to public school, why not just send him to kindergarten on time and avoid the expense of daycare/preschool for an additional year?  If there's an issue with readiness/maturity/etc., he can repeat kindergarten based on the advice of his teachers.  If not, then he can move on to first grade.  No need to stress about the decision.  Just see how he does in kindergarten and, if need be, he can repeat it.[/quote]

Why place your kid in an environment that is not good for him?  Part of the issue is that K is not what it used to be.  Kids are writing and sitting much more than in the past.[/quote]

Also, ther is a [b]huge social stigma with retention[/b]. [i]The kid will feel like
He failed.[/i] With redshirting children on the cusp parents generally say that they had a choice, they chose for the child to be older and it was all part of the plan. [i]Every teacher will tell you: when in doubt, keep them out[/i].

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No, there isn't.  No, he won't.  No they don't.

Do what makes sense for your kid.[/quote]

Exactly, my child is good friends with a retained child, the children don’t really have a clue and mature adults just don’t care.

Now, I do think if you choose to start kid earlier and it doesn’t go well, the decision to retain may not be 100% up to the parents, whereas redshirting is.[/quote]

By 7-8, kids do know.  My kid knows and he's one of the youngest.[/quote]I can't possibly imagine that there's a stigma for a September birthday.  Those kids are inarguably on the cusp, as they would be past the cutoff in MD.  I would have no problem telling my VA born daughter that I thought we might move to MD someday so I used their cutoff.  [/quote]

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