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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again - redshirting has nothing to do with K-5.  It matters when kids hit puberty.   [/quote]

That makes no sense. The older two people get, the LESS their age difference matters. The difference between a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old is equivalent to the difference between a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old, which is obviously bigger than the difference between an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old. I understand that a year still makes a huge difference in junior high and high school, but just not as big of a difference as in elementary school. The longer you live, the smaller a fraction a year is of your life.[/quote]

Yes.  Kids’ happiness in school largely depends on their ability to learn the required material, and to fit in and interact productively with their fellow students.  This becomes very apparent, physically and mentally when kids hit prepubescent and puberty ages.  Girls will physically mature 1-2 years before boys.  Boys also have a longer spread in time as they move through puberty than girls.  These issues are most evident in the middle school years, but particularly for boys, they carry through into high school.  It is easy to see.  Walk into any middle school and look at the physical maturity differences between the girls and boys in the same grade, and in particular, the wide range in physical development status of the boys.  It will take you 1 class change period to see it.  It is that obvious.

It ain’t rocket science.  Every middle school teacher and administrator knows it.  Getting kids into high school with more physical and mental maturity will help them do better at all aspects of school - academic and social.  You as a parent can make those years easier for the kid, or more difficult for the kid.  It is as simple as that.

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