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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The people so up in arms about redshirting as "cheating" reveal themselves to be absurdly competitive about childhood. Meanwhile the parents who actually face this decision invariably are considering only their particular child's needs. We considered (but ultimately did not) redshirting, and believe me, it had nothing to do with trying to get him an advantage. PS if you are also the types of parents who moan about lack of differentiation in K for your "advanced reader," you get an extra special helping of stfu. [/quote]

I don't know that this is always the case. I have a rising K'er and know a lot of families whose kids started K this year (my son's bday is in November, so no redshirting here and no real dog in this fight, but he has a lot of friends with summer birthdays because they were in the same preschool class). Many, many families redshirt here--especially their boys. The local K teacher that came to do an info night at our preschool estimated based on her experience that 30% get redshirted in our area of Alexandria. Of the families that I know personally who redshirted their kids--my son's friends--most say it's because they worry their boys will be at a disadvantage relative to the other boys if everyone else is redshirting--if they go on time, they'll be more than a full year younger, smaller for sports teams, less mature, etc. So it is very much a decision not based just on their kid, who objectively could and should start K, but on what other people are doing, and can set off a sort of chain reaction.[/quote]

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