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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I am convinced that she’s annoyed her kid is “behind” some older classmate and she can’t get beyond it. [/quote]

What's annoying is when the older kids are rewarded for outperforming the younger kids. Why should someone be rewarded for an accomplishment that was inevitable? [/quote]

But this is wrong. I redshirted my august 28th (September 1st cutoff) and she is closer to her classmates age now than she would have been had I not redshirted. The youngest child in her class was born beginning of June. The oldest is 2 weeks older than DD. Then there are several September and October birthdays... I think the median birthday in her class is January (maybe even December). My DD is with her peers now and would have been unfairly compared to much older kids has she gone the year before with a boy that was over a year older than she is and with most of her class 10-8 months older. I did not redshirt for academic or sport, but for social and emotional considerations. Had my DD been born in July or June, I would have had a harder decision to make[/quote]

You are responding to the weird anti-redshirt troll. You are being rational, but the troll is not, so you aren't going to get far. Of course you are right, though. [/quote]

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