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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The redshirt debate is so dumb. The advantages are highly exaggerated. No one is going to think your kid is super smart because they repeated a grade. And your kid may feel self conscious and embarrassed by being older than everyone else for the rest of their time in school (not to mention being incredibly bored having to repeat a grade). [/quote]

Lol no. The only people who have a problem are people like OP who think they made a mistake or missed out. It’s all upside for redshirters.[/quote]

I’ve seen it go sideways in athletics with kids who were used to cruising by being the stars in elementary and when some of the younger kids came out ahead post puberty they struggled not being the best on the team and didn’t have the grit and work ethic to keep up and dropped altogether. I saw that even in 4/5 grade when kids started evening out. [/quote]

Same for academics.

If you are truly gifted, then redshirting can give you that edge to be a champion. But that needs to overcome the challenge of not being challenged in your grade level program.

If you are not truly gifted, but redshirting for edge, then redshirting is just delaying inevitable lackluster performance.

If you are holding back a year because you aren't mature enough for the original assigned grade, you'll thrive.

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Truly gifted kids don't gain an edge by being redshirted. They perform at the top either way. [/quote]

One of my kids is gifted and has a summer birthday and we would never have redshirted her because it would have been so painful. Can you imagine teaching yourself to read at age 3, and the. Not starting K until 6, and having to sit there while your peers sound out letters? It was hard enough at 5.

Starting on time and then working with the school for pullouts (for instance doing reading and math lessons with a higher grade group) has worked for us. We also supplement a ton with AoPs and a writing group after school. School is still valuable for socializing, making friends, developing classroom skills and learning to work with many different types of people.

Had this particular kid not been academically advanced, we might have redshirted for social reasons. But she was so it was off the table. But the social stuff is why she will not be skipping a grade. It will get easier in middle where there is more differentiation, as she'll be able to bump up grades for certain subjects and may even take some HS classes. Elementary has been about balancing social and academic needs. They are both important.[/quote]

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