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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Frankly, my struggles are with trying to advance my kid for more challenging work rather than holding back or redshirting. Given the child's capability and track record I would not care if his classmates are 3 to 4 years older. No fit issues here. Not the prescription for all kids which explains why these cases are evaluated and handled on an individual basis in order to get the fit right. [b]Some kids benefit from being held back while others benefit from being pushed forward. And others may be in a place that's just right.[/b][/quote]

The most important point.  Grade placement that is beneficial for the individual child.  Such placement has absolutely nothing to do with other kids or nosey, meddling, insecure, paranoid parents.  The best individual(s) to make the call/therapy on what is beneficial are the child, parent, physician and school -- not eavesdropping, neurotic mothers with tightly wound anal sphincters and nothing to do with their time but to tabulate  the birthdays of their kid's classmates.

Opinion of parent of two children 1 to 2 years younger than their classmates who were "redtrousered" instead of "redshirted" by a collective decision of the school, parents and child.[/quote]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's a decision made by competitive, nervous parents who are worried because everyone else is doing it. They don't want their child to be the youngest in the class by over a year. I have three kids in private schools and everyone else knows this. Also it helps the schools because they want an even playing field. They want to hold back kids who can't sit still and can't keep up academically. They want to tell prospective families all about their bright kindergarten students who are excelling at reading - and they want to push ahead test scores.

As for physicians - I hope you're not talking about pediatricians. Because I'm friends with several pedis, and they would never, ever get into the issues of redshirting. They say they are not qualified to make decisions like that, unless a child has serious developmental issues. In which case they would normally recommend a specialist or childhood psychologist.

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