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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a world where being youngest in the class is strongly correlated with ADHD diagnosis and medication (something that generally holds true across the world, including places that strictly bar redshirting*), it strikes me as entirely unethical to demand families not redshirt. You don’t get to demand another child goes down a likely medical pathway because you are willing to take on that risk for your own child.

* The only place where the study results haven’t been replicated is the one country that allows parents a large two-year leeway in start time decisions. [/quote]

But there will always be a youngest in class. No matter how many people redshirt, someone's kid will be youngest. So what makes more sense, to play this circular game of "not it!" or to address the reasons why children get blamed for what are simply *normal* variations in maturity and behavior within a grade cohort?[/quote]
Some kids are highly precocious and beyond ready to start on time.  Others are delayed or immature. Development isn't the same from kid to kid.[/quote]

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