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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing that really gets to me are the parents who come on here and post, "Why do you care if I redshirt my kid?! What does it matter to you if I didn't want him to be the youngest?" It matters to me because holding back normally developing summer birthday kids puts non-redshirted kids at a disadvantage. Now, instead of being one year younger than the older peers, they are sometimes 15 months younger than the others. Redshirting skews the age, abilities, maturity, and social capacities of a class. I wish schools would set a cut off and hold to it.[/quote]

But uh, you could also redshirt? Our child’s school effectively requires young boys to redshirt[/quote]

+1 in our 6 years of private school, my redshirted late august birthday girl has never been the oldest in the class and the youngest kid in any of her class was 11 months younger (to the day). My DD did not pu anyone at a disadvantage anymore than September/October kids do.[/quote]

She absolutely did put others at a disadvantage. The whole class gets shifted and the disadvantage goes to the kids with the May and April birthdays (and any summer kids whose parents insist on not redshirting). Please face reality, your kid did benefit but at the expense of others.[/quote]

Then take it up with the schools, who require it. Our private school recommends summer birthdays redshirt. It is what it is. If you don’t like it, talk to the administration, not the parents who are following recommendations. [/quote]

Require does not equal recommend. The parents would not follow the recommendation if it didn't benefit their child (and then shift who is the youngest in the class, who then are disadvantaged).
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