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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t have kids OP, but I’d assume that most parents don’t redshirt because they’ve learned to view the world objectively. Putting a child in a room full of kids less mature than them isn’t going to make them objectively more mature at that point in time. It’s the same with academics. An 8-year-old 2nd-grader reading at a 3rd grade level really isn’t any more impressive than an 8-year-old 3rd-grader reading at a 3rd grade level. The 8-year-old 2nd-grader is just overall less educated.

A 13-year-old 7th grader may be more mature relative to their classmates than a 13-year-old 9th grader, but guess what? In actuality, the 13-year-old 9th grader knows more than the 13-year-old 7th grader. Redshirting a child doesn’t make them smarter, faster, or stronger. It’s just an optical illusion. They just seem smarter, faster, and stronger because they’re always around kids younger than them.

In short, OP, redshirting your son will increase his maturity relative to his classmates but decrease his knowledge at a given point in time, as he’ll always be less educated than he would’ve been otherwise. As far as I’m concerned, facts are what matter in the world.[/quote]

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