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[quote=Anonymous]NP. As background: I am someone who did not redshirt deliberately but whose cutoff-cusp kid was unintentionally redshirted by a move, and then a few years later “un-redshirted” by another move. DC is now in high school and not redshirted but is one of the older kids. I have also been reading these threads for years.

My advice: First, do not look for rational advice on DCUM on this issue. These discussions get bizarrely heated, including people who state as facts things that aren’t fact (including overtly absurdist commentary particularly from some of the anti-redshirt posters but also some pro-redshirters). It is honestly crazy to me how many people here will say something like “studies say” and then when you go look, of course there are no such studies. I remember people here claiming that there were “studies” showing the youngest did better in college or the oldest had better outcomes or some such nonsense. I have a data analytics background and went and found the actual supposed studies when these claims were made and of course they said no such thing or had significant data faults. So be extremely skeptical.

Second, be sure to understand the difference between public and private. With private schools, they can do what they want. This weirdly sends some anti-redshirt posters around the bend here and I’ve wondered before if they do not understand that private schools can do what they want on this issue. In any event, you may have a lot less choice here than you think.

Finally, I think people who feel passionately about this issue (more often the anti-redshirters but also a good number of pro-redshirters) tend to be pretty sheltered and often on the precious end of things. They don’t have real problems so this is what they focus on. And there are some real weirdos on this subject. I remember one anti-redshirt poster who described the calendar year as “natural law” and kids who were born behind a fall cutoff but before Jan 1 as “redshirted.” Just real weirdos!

In other words, I’d be extremely skeptical of advice you get here — including mine! Ask your specific schools, teachers, and pediatricians. DCUM (including me haha) is pretty useless on this subject. Though it is entertaining. I confess I do sort of like these threads for their irrational “DCUM fight club” insanity. But you seem to be asking a genuine question and are new to the issue, so I’m answering genuinely. [/quote]

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