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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So if a kid has a September birthday - should a parent put them in at 4?  Or wait till they are 5?

Does DCUM consider this redshirting? At least the kid won't be 17 and going to college.[/quote]

I don't understand why so many people make a big deal out of being 17 for the first couple of weeks of college. For the majority of their first SEMESTER, they'll be 18.[/quote]

Counter argument - what is the rush? [/quote]

There is no rush. But rushing means trying to push your kid ahead of where they're supposed to be. If the cut-off is October, then parents who send a September child to school just before they turn 5 are not rushing; they're just following the guidelines. If they tried to start their child just before they turned 4, or if they tried to get their child skipped a grade, [i]that[/i] would be rushing. You know how sometimes you'll read in the paper about a 12-or-13-year-old going off to college? It's the parents of [i]those[/i] kids who are rushing, not the parents of the kids starting college a few weeks shy of their 18th birthdays.[/quote]

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