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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can only speak from my experiences and I see kids redshirted because Mom and Dad feel better when their kid is most advanced---physically, socially or academically.

I find the "you worry about your child and I'll worry about mine" argument hollow because when you put a kid 18 months older than mine, it effects my kid.  [/quote]

I agree with this.  My son's birthday is in April.  He is starting K in the fall.  He went camp at the school in June, and two boys in his camp group will be in his K class.  They were already 6 -- in June.  I don't know when their birthdays are, so perhaps they turned 6 right before camp.  But I am already worried.  This is not what I signed up for. [/quote]

O.M.G.  It won't end.  But really how many "normally developing" children can possibly be 18 months older than your child (assuming you know all about the redshirted kid's development)?   If your kid is turning 5 and starting school in September ("on time"), you're complaining about March birthday kids being held back (so that they'll turn 7 in K)?  Really, how many kids "normally developing" are turning 7 by March of their K year?  I don't know of one and find it hard to believe that it's "several."  Give it a rest.
And, btw, the grammar police need to issue tickets regarding the use of affect/effect that's running wild on this thread.  [/quote]

8 out of 12 of my neighbors is quite a stat to work with, don't you all think so?[/quote]

You have 8 neighbors who held back kids with Jan - March birthdays?  If so, they must feed into the same outlier school that you or another pp mentioned has 6 such kids in the class.  Also, if true, it's a statistical anomaly that 8 of the 12 kids have bdays in the same 3 months of the year.  Something's not adding up.  
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