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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the PP who was the youngest by more than what people are freaking out about here. Let me clarify the math. I am a late Dec. birthday and started in a school with a Dec. 31st cutoff. A few years later we moved to a school that had a soft June 1 cutoff. So I was typically at least six months younger than my classmates and often more. Private school K-12.

I’m going to stop posting now, though, because it’s clear to me the anti-redshirters have no interest in actually hearing anything other than “you are 100% right all the time.” So here you go: you are 100% right all the time. Good luck to you. I think you are going to really need it over the years. [/quote]

I don't even really think there's a "right or a wrong" but I would think most people could agree that a 16-18 mo gap in the same grade is kind of a lot and certainly not the intent/norm from when most of us parents were growing up.[/quote]

Parents did the same thing when we were growing up, especially those who expected their kids to get scholarships.  I'd rather save the money from an extra year of preschool/child care and use that money for college.[/quote]

Agreed on the money.

However, growing up (I'm 40) the only kids I knew that were held back were August babies. I think I knew one late July baby held back. Definitely no spring babies. Redshirting has always existed, sure, but not to the extent that it is now. If anything, I knew more stories  of parents trying to get their fall kid enrolled early (myself included). But public school wouldn't allow it. The thought process definitely seems to have changed. I also live in the same area that I grew up in, so it's not like it's a regional thing.[/quote]

For me it has been the opposite. I noticed growing up.. I was an October kid. Same with my brother. We were young kindergarteners. And, in my ES, MS, HS grad class, I knew a ton of October-December birthdays (meaning born the same year as me).

Now, my May kid being red-shirted still might be younger than some classmates. If I sent him to K this coming fall, he could be not only behind (as suggested by his teacher), he could be a year younger than some.[/quote]

You are part of the problem. [/quote]

Thanks. Literally done in consult with the preschool and his teacher and my spouse, and with his interest in mind.

Legal in my state. If people are worried they should change it. If he can skip ahead later, we will do so. He is really really not ready for full day now.

Side question: how much do
—raised expectations for Kinders
—and the evolution from half-day K to full-day K
affect the trend.

I would send him if it were half-day and if it were the Kinder I had in the late 80s.[/quote]

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