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[quote=Anonymous]To the OP: We seriously considered redshirting my late august DD and I drove myself nuts reading research supporting both sides.  The last article I read was anti-redshirting saying that holding back a child wasn't helpful academically--I don't remember exactly what they said, but it somehow stuck in my mind that I would be doing my daughter a disservice academically.  In preK my daughter was smart, but always the smallest in her cohort, shy, timid and easily overpowered by her bossier classmates.  I feared for her ability to handle the social aspect of school and to make friends.  She is now in 3rd grade and continues to excel in public school, is being considered for the gifted program, and is achieving in a competitive sport.  However, she is still the smallest in her class (but not the youngest!), still easily overrun by her louder classmates and has not managed to make many friends.  I don't regret our decision and my feeling is that even if we held her back, she would still struggle with making friends and her self confidence.  If I was a different kind of mom--one who could commit to providing educational activities at home or who was willing to put my daughter in a very good full day preschool or even a private school, then I probably would have felt fine redshirting.  To add to this, I am also a late august birthday and was also always the smallest and youngest in my class, but I excelled academically and was always quiet and socially awkward.  I suffered no lasting trauma and even survived middle school relatively unscathed!  I eventually found my way and turned out just fine.  Good luck deciding![/quote]

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