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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the boys I know with August and September birthdays have parents who are planning to red-shirt them.  [b]I think in my circle, the deciding factor is money.  If you easily have the $15K to keep your kid in private preschool/pre-K for another year, you red-shirt. [/b] My single mom friends are all starting their kids on time.

That seems bizarre. We clearly travel in very different circles. I don't know anyone who's red-shirted a kid just because they had the extra $15K, and we certainly didn't, and don't plan to again.[/quote]

Yeah, I hear that redshirting is a problem in cases in which the school has higher SES families who can afford another year of childcare expenses and lower SES families who need the financial relief of sending a kid to school, but I don't know anyone who decided based on that. And I don't know anyone who can "easily" afford $15K. "Afford it and think it's worth it," yes. Not even notice? I can't imagine that. [/quote]

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