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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually think having a child go off to college at 19 is a benefit not a negative.[/quote]

It's gross to have an adult man in high school with 13 year olds. [/quote]

There will always be some adult men in high school even without redshirting - not everyone stays 17 senior year.[/quote]

Turning 18 second semester is WAY different than being 19, and you know it.[/quote]

OP’s child would turn 18 when they are a junior and would turn 19 as a senior…[/quote]

In mid May so a few weeks before school lets out. Not 19 all year long like some seem to be freaking out about. He will be 18 most of the year like many others. I don't see how "way different" 18 is than 19 at that point.[/quote]

Huge difference when you are legally an adult and the age span for HS is 13-19 years old.  So, you have 13/14-year-olds taking classes with 17-19 yer olds.[/quote]

Maybe 13 year olds don't belong in high school. Good thing appropriate cut offs prevent that in most high schools. Perhaps the 13 year old should have been redshirted if the parents were so concerned about this age gap. Surely they would have known that its common and normal for seniors to be 18 in high school. If they didn't know that, why not? And why should appropriately aged 18 year olds in HS be concerned with this?[/quote]

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