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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 2 boys in our family with summer bdays less than a week apart. One went on time, the other waited a year. Both sets of parents made the correct call for their kid. Two very different kids who are both doing well academically and socially 5 years later.

Both kids have awesome summer swim bdays though![/quote]

+1, this is the right attitude.

I also think it's hilarious to say that "everyone" should redshirt, because if you got your wish, you'd effectively just move the cut off to a different date. And then people whose kids had April/May birthdays would start wanting to redshirt because their kids would be the youngest, and then where does it end.

Which, to keep this on topic, is EXACTLY why the complaints about the summer swim age cut offs are ridiculous. Sure, you could change the date and then summer birthdays would no longer be advantages. But other kids would be, and people would complain about that. No matter what, there will be someone at the top of the age category and especially in the 8-9 and 10-11 groups, being among the oldest will likely be an advantage to matter what.[/quote]

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