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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I redshirted to give my kid an advantage academically and physically, and to make it socially easier since it's much easier to be among the oldest in a group than to be the youngest. Let some other kid deal with always being the shortest and the slowest.

That's it. It's the same reason anyone redshirts. I don't understand wha the debate even is. People want what is best for their kid.[/quote]

Because it’s not really a true advantage and socially they should be with peers.  [/quote]

If people truly believed that there would be no debate. [/quote]

The research on the subject indicates that it does provide a short-term advantage but overall is a negative.[/quote]

That's not true. I have good reason to believe that I am living a much happier life than I would be if I hadn't been redshirted. Growing up, I thought I  wanted to get married and have children like most people. However, because I was redshirted, I finished my schooling a year later, and thus, started my career a year later, and by the time I became financially stable enough to support a family, I realized that I would be much happier being single and childless. Had I not been redshirted, I may very well have had children before coming to the realization that I didn't want any, by which time it would've been too late. [/quote]

Glad it worked out for you, but the majority of cases it ends up being a disadvantage in the long term based on actual statistics and data.[/quote]

I’m not the PP (who I think is bizarre) but I am someone very familiar with the studies and statistics in this area and you are wildly incorrect about redshirting being a long-term disadvantage. That isn’t to say it is a long-term advantage, but it certainly is not a long-term disadvantage.

More specifically, if you want to make that argument, you need to link the statistically strong longitudinal studies that demonstrate your point conclusively.

I’m very familiar with the conclusions, strengths, and weaknesses of the NBER studies, the ADHD cohort studies, the 1950s-70s HS student “leadership” studies, the Bocconi university study, and others related or in the field. Note that calling some of these “studies” is a true stretch, but some are statistically solid. [/quote]

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