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[quote=Anonymous]NP here who is slightly hesitant to revive this thread, but I just had to share something I found super surprising. We recently moved from DC to an area that sounds similar to the area where OP lives. Redshirting is apparently common, and not just for summer birthdays.

We took DD (who just turned 4) to the pediatrician yesterday. Her pediatrician was asking how preschool was going. I reported all was going well, etc. I mentioned offhand that DD is the youngest in her class but fits right in with the other kids. The pediatrician said something along the lines of “but you’ll wait until she’s 6 to start K, right?” I reminded her that DD’s birthday is a week before the public school cut off so she will likely go when she is 5, but I acknowledged that I knew we might have to wait a year if we decided to apply to certain private schools with earlier cut offs. The pediatrician told us in no uncertain terms that we should hold DD until she is 6. She said it’s not about academic readiness, but it’s about maturity in comparison to the rest of the cohort. She told us that some parents in this area hold kids with JANUARY AND FEBRUARY birthdays (?!?) - which the pediatrician said she does not agree with - but that our daughter would likely be significantly younger than many classmates if we start her on time.

Based on this anecdotal evidence, it seems like a number of parents in my redshirt-heavy area must be holding their normally developing young 5 YOs back from K solely to avoid having them grouped with a bunch of kids who will turn 7 months before the end of the school year. This is insane.[/quote]

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