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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.  [/quote]
So how do you know what those other parents are thinking?

[quote]I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.  [/quote]
Specifically how does it affect your kid?

When (what month) was your child born?  A Jan-Feb redshirt is 18 months older only if your child was born in July-Aug.  Is that when your child was born?  Or are you just arguing about some hypothetical, made-up 18-month spread?

My son was born in June and there is one boy born January the previous year, another March the previous year and one in April the previous year.  There are a couple/few born in June and July previous year.  There are at least 2 kids younger than my son born in July so my son is with a kid 17 months older and others close to that.

My son does fine--A's and B's and has friends.  The issue is subtle.  My son has said things like "John is really smart".  John is smart but should be in 5th grade.  Can I say it's affected his self image, perhaps, but kids measure themselves against their peer group/classmates and my son thinks he is average.  I have no problem if he is average or not but these older kids skew another kid's view of the class.  When they were younger, the older kids didn't need naps in K but the younger, like mind did.  Teacher said it was hard to balance.

I also see the older kids in my son's class tend to be the leaders (not bullies at all, however).  My son is a follower by nature (which is fine) but having such older kids in class makes it harder for him to stretch and test and leadership skills.

Please don't responde that I am jealous that my son is or isnt a leader or is or isnt the smartest.  I just think school is hard enough for kids without comparing themselves to a kid 12-18 months older.

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