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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a smart athletic kid.

All the competitive sports leagues are by age so redshirting doesn’t give an old kid any advantage. They’ll just be playing with kids who are a grade ahead instead of their classmates.  The one exception would be things like high school football—and there’s no way in hell I would allow my kid to play given the risk of brain injury—so I really don’t care if someone wants their freshman to be huge so they can make team.

As far as academics goes, the smart tend to take more challenging classes and be the younger in their math or science classes. After elementary school placement is by ability instead of chronological age. [/quote]

Are young small kids doomed to failure?  No.  Would they be better off with the extra year of growth and maturity?  Obviously.  So, if you have a choice, then the choice is easy.   [/quote]

This brings us, once again, back to the original question. Why is it that of the parents who do have that choice, the vast majority still don't redshirt?[/quote]

For lots of reasons: 1) $$$$, 2) they weren't aware it was an option 3) they are convinced their child is a little genius and would run circles around everyone else 4) they think it's cheating 5) school didn't allow it. The reasons vary, you'd have to ask someone why they didn't to get their reasoning.[/quote]

This obviously correct.

Some families - with no stay at home parent option - need the structured low cost environment that sending a kid ahead can provide.  And, in almost all cases no one is really there saying at the end of K or 1st grade - that they should hold little X back.  Lots of kids progress through the system and survive.  Could they do better if they were older?  Of course.  But, you have to do what you can.

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