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[quote=Anonymous]Wowza!

This is certainly a new take on red shirting.

It has zero to do with maturity or learning issues.

Heck, it has zero to do with athletic ability!

Instead, people are now red shirting so their kid is bigger than the possible bullies.

Wowza.

I have a bunch of boys...some with fall birthdays who missed the September cutoff (and are among the older kids in the class), and some with late summer birthdays who are among the youngest. We know some red shirted kids, and I don't think they have any advantage over the others. Some were redshirted for maturity/emotional/behavior issues. A couple were kept back for (an imagined) age/size/athletic advantage. It's something you notice in K, but you don't really think about. And you're reminded of it at the birthday party when the redshirted kid is much older than the others. And it comes up during certain sports that have age/weight cut offs (and the redshirted kid doesn't play with his friends from class because he much older and bigger). But I've never heard anyone ask a parent why their kid stayed back...rather, parents seem to make their own assumptions unless a parent volunteers the info.

You should rather defensive, which makes me wonder how confident you are with your decision. [/quote]

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