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[quote=Anonymous]I would never suggest redshirting being wrong for a child who physically or mentally needs the extra time. If that is your child, then ignore below because it does not apply to you.

But in general, for people who redshirt to give their kids a “leg up,” I think it is just another example of how a group of well-off, predominantly white people are able to exert their privilege to hoard opportunity for their children. For families who are middle class or poor, paying for another year of daycare is just not possible. Their kids must go as soon as possible. More than likely, children from well off families would be academically ahead of those children regardless of whether they were redshirted or not. Privilege in the early years will have already impacted their development. And so adding one more year for privileged children, who already have every advantage in the world, will just make the gap wider.

At some point it just feels like people need to stop taking advantage of the system to give their children these “little legs up.” And for me at least, redshirting feels like an example of taking things too far. I am sure, for many other people, redshirting isn’t the line too far- but something else might be. Or, for some, the line is probably long before redshirting takes place. I get that. My kids have a ton of privilege and I am not voluntarily giving up much of it. But for whatever reason, to me, redshirting is where I say “enough.” It is my breaking point. [/quote]

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