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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m redshirting my July daughter [/quote]

Ditto.  She's 4 and my youngest child and she's not happy about that.   She's always the youngest in the class too and she's more immature.  Another year of childhood seems like a great gift to give her.[/quote]

She isn't less mature.  You are not comparing her to her actual peers and kids a year younger.  You are doing it for her, not you.  You aren't giving her an extra year of childhood.  You are taking away a year of being an adult and forcing them to continue being a child.[/quote]

It's not robbing them of a year of adulthood, it's making sure they are as ready and a prepared as they can be to get the most out of their education. It's not a race.[/quote]

I agree that education isn't a race. You know how you sometimes hear about a 12-or-13-year-old heading off to college? It's the parents of [i]those[/i] kids who view education as a race, not the parents of the kids starting college a few weeks shy of their 18th birthdays.[/quote]

So, if I have a late August vs. late September child/birthday, what exactly is the difference between a month?  You may be robbing them of a year of adulthood by forcing them to be kids an extra year when they are 18/adults.[/quote]

Robbing of a year of adulthood? You have only a few years of childhood, it's precious and fleeting, but decades of being an adult. Who needs another year of working, bills, taxes, and stress? Most people given the choice would likely prefer another year of being a carefree child. Maybe this is why so many 20somethings are refusing to grow and and get into "adulting" because they weren't allowed to be kids in the first place. Or their parents rushed them through school as soon as possible for no particular reason.[/quote]

Or maybe kids refuse to grow up because the parents don’t support it.   If you are keeping your 18 year old a child and extra year you are not allowing them to grow up.  [/quote]

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