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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before you redshirt, just remember that you will have a year of parenting an adult in the future.

So many of my friends who redshirted their boys had huge struggles once they reached 18 and still had another year of HS left.

Lots of "you can't make me, I'm 18" and fighting.  [/quote]

And if you don’t redshirt a late August birthday, you’ll most likely be dropping off a 17 year old, non-adult to college, since many colleges start mid-August. There are downsides to that as well. [/quote]

I think this is the right lens to look at things.  Not just consider elementary school and K.

I think it is very hard to be a younger boy in middle school.

I personally think an extra year with your child at home to influence their decision making before they go off into the world is a positive and not a negative but I see the argument the PP is making.  Teen years can be tough.  But also, many kids turn 18 in that Fall (my son will) so I suppose many of us will be in that boat.

I wouldn't want to send a 17 year old to college.  Just me.[/quote]

They would not be 17. They would be 18 in August. [/quote]

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