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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever there’s a discussion about redshirting here there’s the suggestion that boys’ and girls’…development, maturity, ability to sit still, etc…are fundamentally different.

I’m not sure…I think we need to genuinely revisit that idea. Certainly that observation is repeated and canonized as truth. Is that really true biologically? Or have we socialized them that way? Or do teachers and parents merely [i]perceive[/i] them that way?

Studies of kids brains reveal that there is no neurological difference between boys and girls and that there is more variation between each child than between the two sexes generally. So…no boy brain/girl brain. But, it seems possible, even likely, that boys and girls have different needs at different times—perhaps due to some physiological triggers, like hormones. But if this is true, we need to learn more about it, and we need to figure out how to meet boys where they are, for a lot of reasons, right? Like, if these differences persist throughout childhood…is it possible, (I know, I know, in a world set up by men for men….)that we are not doing right by our boys?

Boys are generally floundering in our education system—more girls than boys attend college, graduate school, etc. Redshirting seems like the easiest solution, but if boys as a group are struggling, we’re not solving the problem by redshirting. Boys are born year-round and boys in general are not doing as well in school.

So…redshirt, don’t redshirt….but I think we’ve got a bigger problem to solve here.

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The focus is also on girls to do all the cool things and there are now more programs and extra's specifically for girls than boys so our boys don't get the same opportunities or encouragement in school.

Also, some kids, boys or girls, just need extra support.  Instead of holding them back or ignoring it either support them or get them the support they need.  Its not just up to the school system but also parents.[/quote]

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