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[quote=Anonymous]I have a rising 2nd grader and about 50 percent of the boys are redshirted. (Very affluent public school). January 2015-August 2015 birthdays all redshirted. My son is the second youngest boy out of 50 kids and he’s May 2016. He’s been ok and held his own. It doesn’t hurt he’s good at sports and in the 90 percentile for height but I definitely do notice he seems less mature and savvy than some of his peers, mostly other boys who play sports year round like he does (these tend to be the families that redshirt), who are on average about a year older than him. I’m hoping with time the gap gets smaller or he continues to hold his own and it’s not a major issue. I don’t anticipate he will ever be a leader in this peer group just from what I see of the current dynamics but he is well liked and has many friends so I try not to worry too much about it. I told him when you have a May birthday your parents get to choose whether to send you early and late and I felt he was smart and ready and sent him early. I was hoping that empowered him a little since he’s started to notice he’s one of the younger ones. Academically he’s doing fine. Not gifted but tests well and on grade level. [/quote]

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