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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are DCUMs anti-redshirters consistently so crazy and unhinged? They are one of the weirdest subgroups on DCUM for sure.

I love these threads for the quality entertainment value the anti-redshirters provide, but I’ve never been able to figure out exact why they are so weird. [/quote]

Because they don't want their kids in the same grade with a bunch of kids who are over a year older, for a variety of reasons. I don't know why this is so hard for you to figure out. Redshirting impacts the makeup of the class, and people want their kids in a class with same age kids. This is not hard.[/quote]

Well then they are ridiculous drama queens who clearly have no real problems in life. What a stupid thing to be this worked up about.

You haven’t answered the question for me, in any event. I want to know what you are so freaking weird. My kids have been in the same grade with redshirted kids all the way through and I’d be embarrassed to even write what you did. So why are you so weird?[/quote]

Child 1 is born September 15th, 2019. Parents do not redshirt, and this child starts Kindergarten as a 4 year old and turns 5 in September.
Child 2 is born July 15th, 2018. Parents redshirt, and instead of starting their child on time as a 5 year old, they start as a 6 year old.

So now Child 1, who is already the smallest and youngest kid in class, is in school with a child who is 14 months older. If Child 2 is developmentally normal, this will mean that Child 2 is significantly larger, more academically advanced, will hit puberty more than a year before their kid, etc.

This isn't even my situation and I'm not even "anti-redshirt" in the way you mean (I live in a district where redshirting is next to impossible, and only happens when there is true need, which I think is how it should always be, but I don't resent parents who redshirt), but I understand why the parents of Child 1 would be uncomfortable with the redshirting of Child 2, and would especially be uncomfortable if there were 6 or 7 "Child 2s" in their grade, because it puts their child in the situation of being a significant outlier in terms of age, size, and maturity, despite their child starting "on time" according to the age guidelines provided by the school

I think the only weird thing is that you can't understand this. It's pretty basic. Maybe you are the weird one?[/quote]

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