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[/quote]You are trying way too hard and are just wrong.  Age groupings are just as arbitrary.  [b]Why does swim team have an August 1 cutoff[/b], school has a Sept 30 cutoff, some sports have a calendar year cut off, and camp has a requirement that you be the age at the time of registration (so anywhere between January and July, if the camp doesn't fill up)?   Peers aren't limited to those born the same month as you.

Social groupings matter.  Classmates matter.  It's not a race to finish your education before you die.[/quote]

Because otherwise, your 16 year old 9th grader will be competing against a 14 year old 8th grader in the same competition. Given average maturation rates, is that fair?[/quote]The cutoff date is totally arbitrary.  Swim or camp or school could use any cutoff.   [/quote]

If they are using birthdays how is this possible? The kids aren’t born in the same 12 month time frame and they aren’t in the same grade? [/quote]

Why are people so bad at understanding this?

If school has a Sept 30 cutoff and sports or camp have a summer cutoff, then late summer birthday kids who go on time are forced to group with kids in the grade below for social activities.  This means that late summer and September birthday kids don't fall in a single grouping, essentially encouraging redshirting.  If age cutoffs matched across the board, I think we'd see less redshirting.  [/quote]

Forced to group? Oh the humanity! Go with the group you are supposed to be with. Isn’t that the entire point of the anti redshirters? I have a late summer birthday kid and he has friends in both grades. He has never complained about this grave injustice. Maybe your kid needs help with social skills.[/quote]

DP. I am convinced that DCUM antiredshirt posters have significant social skills impairments themselves.[/quote]

They want everyone to follow the rules but then call and complain when the camp rules don’t suit them and request a change. Do as I say not as I do! Hypocrites.[/quote]

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