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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is 12 months sacrosanct and 14-18 outrageous?  And is the 18 months still outrageous if the out of sync kid is younger rather than older than the cohort?

To me, the hyper-competitive parents are the ones bitching about red-shirting rather than the ones doing it.  God knows what prize they think their child is being deprived of in Kindergarten by being forced to compete with slightly older kids.  And how do these older children (who, presumably, are encountered in neighborhoods and even families) suddenly become scary and intimidating in a K classroom?

I suspect that the critics of redshirting also don't consider whether their DC would be better off in a class with 6 younger boys who aren't ready for K (which is the alternative if you eliminate red-shirting).   From a classroom management standpoint, that's a much bigger challenge than a slightly broader range of ages but a comparable level of readiness.[/quote]

Most sensible post on this thread.[/quote]

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