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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven’t read the whole thread. OP, the answer is that only weirdos care about redshirting because it’s a non-issue. I assume this thread is full of the usual sheltered anti-redshirting hysterics, but in real life, this is not an issue. [/quote]

The pro-redshirters are just as crazy.

Agree, though, that irl most people don't care. Outside of private schools that push for redshirting, even in high income areas, only a small portion of the students redshirt.

The people who claim otherwise--that their classrooms are full of Spring redshirters--are either mistaken or outliers.[/quote]

On DCUM, no, the pro-redshirters are not nearly as crazy. I say that as someone who didn’t redshirt but has read these threads for years. There are occasional crazy redshirters, but they are dwarfed by the insane anti-redshirters. Those people are both nuts and weirdly unable to do math.

Agree nobody cares, though. [/quote]

Eh, parents who want to redshirt normal, bright children are also the same people who probably had their panties in a bunch when their kid didn't take their first steps on the same day as the kid down the street. Have some faith in your kids. [/quote]

Likewise, assume parents know their children best and are doing what they think is right. Have some faith, indeed.[/quote]

It's hard having faith in redshirting parents after reading this thread. I can't decide which one of you is crazier. It's either the person who says they redshirt their kid because being an adult "sucks" and they want to prolong their kid's childhood or maybe it's the parent who said their preschool says she'd rather be traveling the world and practice her second language or maybe it's the person who says redshirting "gives the edge you need to become a champion" or perhaps it the person who said their kid is too smart to move on to the next grade or possibly it's the person who said it's necessary to be good at lacrosse, which is possibly the least competitive sport there is. [/quote]

No, it’s just you. Obsessed with other people’s kids, assuming the worst intentions of others, gossiping, keeping track of birthdays, and constantly comparing. You never know what people are dealing with or why they do what they do. [/quote]

The only kid I knew who was redshirted in K was the kid who used every occasion to announce how he was older and he was doing sports and Scouts and other activities with the kids in first grade. Over time, we learned of kids who had been redshirted but that was because my kid was invited to their birthday party and we learned the kid was turning 7 right after my kid turned 6.

For the most part, it doesn’t matter. The redshirted kids fit in fine with the other kids and no one really cares that much. But most of the kids that we know who were redshirted were kids born in August and September. The one kid who was announcing it to the world that he was older had some learning issues and it was decided it would be better for him to start late.

Most people who choose to redshirt do so for a good reason. Our very limited experience says that it doesn’t matter much. [/quote]

The kids all know it too. Don't you guys remember being in high school and there were a few weird kids who were way too old for their grades on account of being "held back"? Weird to think now being older might make kids more popular but in the late 90s/early 2000s this definitely wasn't the case. [/quote]

I was one of those kids. I was very self conscious about being older than everyone else. I hated it. [/quote]

Well, I was the youngest and I hated it and was self-conscious, so that doesn’t tell you much. [/quote]

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