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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are crazy about redshirting nowadays. My June 2016birthday daughter will be starting Kindergarten on time this year BECAUSE SHE'S READY, as are most children her age. I know a ton of families redshirted their spring-born children this year, so I know that she will be in school with children that have spring 2015 birthdays. We know a boy that has a May 2015 birthday and DEFINITELY should have been in Kindergarten this year, but his parents didn't want him to do virtual K and refuse to start him on time in first grade next year. It's absurd. He's going to turn SEVEN in Kindergarten. My seven year old is in 2nd grade right now.[/quote]

I don’t know. My September birthday kid turned 7 the first week of first grade. So turning 7 in K maybe doesn’t seem as ridiculous to me as it would if my older kid had a spring birthday? My 2nd kid is May 2016 and he’ll be going to K in the fall on time, but it wasn’t until very recently that I thought he’d be ready for K by September. I have several friends with May/June boys who feel like some of the issues their kids have had in school have been related to being on the young side. For sone kids, I can see it being a tough call.[/quote]

I get summer birthdays, but my 4th grader with a May birthday would definitely think it was weird if one her friends turned 11 on the same day that she turned 10, especially since everyone has been turning 10 this year and they all know it and talk about it.[/quote]

My child has that where his friends will turn a year older in the same month.  It is very strange.  [/quote]

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