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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid will be 18 his jr year of high school, the age of majority. Have fun with that![/quote]

And if your [b]18 year old Junior in High School[/b] has sex with a 16 year old junior he might be prosecuted for statutory rape, or if he has sex with a 15 year old sophomore it is even more likely. [/quote]

Okay, let's do the math. The kids who get redshirted have fall birthdays. Most kids with fall birthdays start Kindergarten right before they turn 5, which means they'll start they're junior year right before they turn 16. Therefore, a redshirted kid will start their junior year right before they turn 17. But at no point during their junior year will they turn 18. They'll start at 16, and turn 17 during the year, just like the kids with Winter and Spring birthdays. The only difference is that they'll turn 17 a few months earlier. Talk to any redshirting parent, and they'll tell you that they wouldn't have redshirted their child had they been born in the Summer, Spring, or Winter. And keep in mind that some states have a September cut-off, which means that some parents are forced to redshirt.[/quote]

You're leaving out the summer and spring redshirted kids. I know of a few kids with February, March, and April birthdays who were redshirted.[/quote]

Those kids probably have special needs. Typical kids should start on time, especially if they don't fall birthdays. Most fall kids should start on time as well. The kids I'm talking about are the exception.[/quote]

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