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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quite simply, if kids were not redshirted there would be a more even distribution of ages in each grade and those with summer birthdays would have a larger cohort. Instead, Redshirting just stacks the year with older kids which includes then includes kids more than a year older than their classmates.

[b]In my experience kids become more competitive by end of third grade and certainly by fourth and are aware of who has been redshirted and who is youngest[/b]. I’m happy to see that in fact the youngest boys have not been picked on - but kids are much more irritated by their peers who were given a competitive leg up - this starts to come out when class divisions based on academics start to happen and kids start developing physically. The differences are more noticeable, especially br 5th grade, and kids are not stupid. Parents in affluent areas are competitive and it trickles (or rains down on) the kids. Even if you are not a competitive family, kids talk. But hey, life is not fair and competition exists. Might as well learn this now. We tell our kids we don’t control what other families do so just do your best. [/quote]

Is this a public school thing?  Maybe related to gifted/talented/whatever it's called?  Because I went to private and the first time it occurred to me that some kids were older than me was when they turned 16 and got to drive before me.[/quote]

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