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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly constitutes as redshirting? My DS's birthday is 9/23 (he's currently 3YO), if I wait until he's 5 to have him start K (in fall 2022 and then he'll turn 6 during his K year), is that redshirting? Because he technically could have started K when he was only 4 (in falll 2021)?[/quote]

Yes. My DC is also a September birthday and was 4 when kindergarten started.[/quote]

Only really poor people with no other choices send kids to K with Aug or Sept birthdays.[/quote]

I know I shouldn’t dignify this response with a reply because it is so asinine but my August bday boy who went on time is in AAP now. I felt sending on time was the best academic choice I could make for him. [/quote]

Its not really about academics. The early grade academics are so easy for almost every middle class kid. People are talking about the social milieu.[/quote]

Maybe the generalizations (let's be real - stereotypes) are helpful, but as usual stereotypes don't describe every case. To try and argue people into redshirting or trash choices based on a stereotype is silly. My February birthday DC is way more socially behind than my August and September birthday DCs. It's part personality, part birth order.[/quote]

I agree with the birth order comment. I would feel better about sending a child with older sibling(s) to school as a young 5. They have had older kids around their whole lives to learn from. I would not feel good about sending an oldest or only with an August/September birthday on time unless perhaps they had spent a lot of time in mixed age day cares with older kids. It’s not just about K readiness either - it’s about the middle elementary years and middle school as well. [/quote]

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