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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing is that when people here talk about the advantages of redshirting, it makes those of us who sent our kids on time feel like bad parents somehow. When I tell people that my son has an August birthday, I feel like I have to provide an explanation for why he started K at age 5.[/quote]
I dont know of anyone who’d ask why a 5 yr old started K? If they did, it’s not a hard question to answer. 
Some people bring drama on themselves. [/quote]

You would think that, but as you're reading here, so many parents assume boys with August birthdays will start late. Even when my kid was a newborn, I had people say to me, "Well he'll be the oldest in his class since you can start him late".  WTF? [/quote]

Since the day I announced I was due in August, my mother has been up my rear end about how I have to hold him out. He wasn’t even born! We didn’t know if it was a he or a she! She doesn’t care. In her book, July and August babies stay out of school. She did it to both me and my brother. She’s horrified I’m sending him to DCPS this fall (assuming he gets a spot...likely because of sibling preference) and seem to grasp that if I skip it, I can’t just sign him up next year for PK4 because he’d be too old, so the cost would be two additional years of daycare at $20k/year or private pk at some cost we simply can’t afford. He’s already in the last room at his daycare, so this would require finding another school for 2 years as he would be bored to tears with 2.5-4 year olds by the time he turned 6.[/quote]

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