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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing I don't get about this as a phenomenon is that the kids eventually figure it out and they start to think of the oldest kids in class as the "dumb" ones because even an 8 year old knows that a 10 year old should be doing high level work.

So yeah your 10 year old might be the best reader in class but the other kids are aware that that kid shouldn't be in their class in the first place. Kids are much cannier than we give them credit for. They're not fooled by this kind of gaming of the system.[/quote]

Huh. I've never heard such a comment from either of my kids. And if I did, I would talk to them about it.[/quote]

NP. Don't you remember thinking this when you were a kid about the oldest kids? I do.

My kid said something like this to me recently and I didn't know what to say because I know red shirting is more common now and I don't think it's appropriate. So I said something like "I'm not sure why so and so is older. It's none of our business anyway."

But the truth is, a 10 year should be doing more advanced reading than an 8 year old. That is simply reality. You won't be able to convince kids otherwise no matter what you say.[/quote]

I know of a [b]summer birthday girl who struggles in school and the parents/teaches are ALWAYs  reminding her that she's the youngest.[/b] I think she hates that she is the youngest and just wants to be on par with her peers. We redshirted my late September kid because the pressure cooker of kindergarten is just not developmentally appropriate for a 4 year old/ young 5 ( won't be 5.5 until late march). There is nothing wrong with him, but something wrong with the school system and when he  asks, I will say this.[/quote]

This is so unfair that girls need to deal with this when moms of big dumb boys try to give their sons an advantage. When my tiny summer daughter is 11 or 12 will not want those older,  big galoots in the same class as her, being their pre-teen gross selves. [/quote]

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