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Reply to "This age discrepancy due to "redshirting" is ridiculous"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Red-shirting" is not new. My brother started kindergarten late, and he's almost 50. It had nothing to do with academics; it was all about maturity. I did the same for my August boy (oldest). Best decision I ever made. He never, ever socializes with kids who would have been in his grade, and he isn't even the most socially savvy of the kids who ARE currently in his grade. Academically, he does fine, but he's far from bored. It worked for us. On the flip side, we chose to play him up in sports, so he competes with kids two years older in his league. So we couldn't care less about the sports piece.[/quote] Good to hear this. We redshirted our middle child who has a mid-August birthday for academic and social reasons. The only issue I have now is that he is so tall, almost as tall as his 8 year old brother so he looks like a giant next to the little ones. His height makes him look so much older than everyone else.[/quote]
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