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[quote=Anonymous]I'm another poster who can't fathom school as a competition.

As a member of society, it seems like it behooves us all to give each child the best possible education.  For some children this may mean starring K early and/or progressing faster, others may need a little more time before starting K and/or ned to move slower, or some combimation of the above.  Children are unique in a multitude of dimensions and one size definitely doesn't fit all.

From a more selfish standpoint, if someone's child isn't developmentally ready for school, they're more likely to be disruptive to the class.  I'd rather my child "compete" with an older child than have a younger child interfere in my child's education.

I can't understand how a child born a few days before the cutoff and redshirted is signigicantly more competitive than one born a few days after the cutoff.  Do you think parents whose children are born in the fall are gaming the system to give their children an advantage?

I have a summer birthday.  I was always one of the youngest in my grade.  I was smart (ended up in gifted programs), but when the rest of my class was learning to read in K, I struggled with it.  Despite my mom working all year with me, it didn't click until the summer after K, and I think a large part of it was developmental.  While I'm naturally short, being the smallest didn't really bother me.  What did bother me, is that I never really seemed to fit in.  I always had a few friends, but in high school, I found my niche with a group of girls a year behind me.  I just seemed to fit with them better.

There are many reasons parents might want to give their children an extra year besides them thinking their children are dumb or trying to strategize how to help their children get ahead of your children.  These reasons are NONE of your business.  Making the decision to redshirt is something they are probably struggling with knowing that while it may help some problems, it will certainly create others.   They have a lot of factors to weigh, but competing against your child, almost certainly,  isn't one of them.

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