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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At that point they will green-shirt. [/quote]

I can't understand parents who green-shirt. It's almost as if they want their kid to do less well.[/quote]

Not if the kid is advanced socially, academically, emotionally, mentally and physically. If you have an anxious kid who is struggling with normal social interactions, academics, physical dexterity, mental acuity etc  it makes sense to redshirt them. Similarly if you have a high performing, confident, high IQ and EQ kids in a stable and happy family then they need to be green-shirted so that they can get the instruction and socialization for which they are ready.

I have never seen a green-shirted kid do poorly as most of them are high achievers.

The red-shirted kids on the other hand are perpetually behind, insecure and odd. [/quote]

I've watched these threads for years, and I've always wondered just who exactly these anti-redshirters are. They exist in an imaginary reality, they can't do basic math, they can't read statistics or studies, they are viciously mean, wildly socially awkward, and with clearly strained and challenged family relationships.

And then I realized: they are exactly what they accuse redshirted children (children!) of being. They are like much of Qanon, actually fighting the demons in the mirror.

It's sad. They deserve compassion.[/quote]

I’m a NP, haven’t said anything in this debate yet. But here I am, the parent of a (gasp!) a kid who skipped a grade. Both parents are Very well educated, happily married and employed, our family is well adjusted, social and stable. We read the “studies” that are listed here. I don’t live in an imaginary reality, I’m not mean or socially awkward. But, My kid is wackadoodle smart and it was the right thing to do.

I have friends who redshirted, lots actually, and never once made a big deal about this. When it comes up, I just say “X is young for their grade.” The only place I see this kind of vitriol is on DCUM

[B]Every kid is different and every parent does what they think is right for their kid. Period. [/B]

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The post above is describing DCUM anti-redshirters. You aren't anti-redshirt if you actually believe the bolded, so it doesn't apply to you. DCUM anti-redshirt posters can't see nuance like the bolded. [/quote]

Correct, I am not anti-redshirt. I just hope that someone reads this post and sees that not every parent who has a “young” kid in their grade is some kind of monster. We really aren’t. [/quote]

Nobody rational thinks that. Relax.

DCUMs antiredshirters are a markedly strange group who aren't rational.[/quote]

There's a 8 year old in my kid's K this year. Are they a double red shirt?[/quote]

Sorry, the troll's lounge is 2 doors down.[/quote]

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