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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who is answering this before their kids are HS age is giving premature feedback. Middle school / HS is when the reasons for potential regrets (if present) will become show up [/quote]

I have a high school-age child and the age issue has come up a few times.  We looked at privates in ES and they recommended holding back based on age.  My child was so confused as to why they'd recommend it without knowing them, looking at their grades or test scores, and said no.

I've talked about it over the years with my child as they were confused about why friends the same age/birthday are a year younger.  Some were held back by parents, others were not able to go because of the birthday cut-off.  Even though they are smaller and younger, they feel they are in the right grade.  Come 8th grade, they were so done with MS and ready to move on.

Come HS they are in several more advanced classes, some with seniors.  So, holding them back and them missing out on other opportunities that go by grade, not age, would have been a huge disservice to them.[/quote]

You didn’t feel like you needed to redshirt and neither did your child’s teachers.  That’s very different from a parent taking the advice of preK teachers or having concerns about your child’s readiness and choosing to hold your child back.  I think that’s why you are getting different responses about satisfaction from redshirting on this thread. Note: OP’s child doesn’t seem to have any delays and the teachers haven’t suggested holding him back.

Also, my non redshirted May birthday junior has been in advanced classes with upperclassmen for three years now and that’s simply not an issue.  In smaller privates, that is standard.  [/quote]

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