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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is your 15 year old starting high school? My 15 year old is going into junior year. Did you hold him back two years?[/quote]

Huh?  It's pretty common to be 12 in 6th grade, 13 in 7th and 14 in 8th.  Most turn 15 in 9th but not at all uncommon to have an August birthday.

[b]Also, it's super common to redshirt athletes.[/b]

Not sure why anyone is fixating on the age here.[/quote]

Um, no it's not.  It's so weird to infantile your kids and have them graduating high school 2 years after they turn adults [/quote]

Ugh!  There are plenty of redshirting threads.  If you want to debate redshirting, resurrect one of those threads.  While redshirting is common, and some of those who are redshirted may be athletes, that does not mean it is common (much less super common) to redshirt athletes.  Moreover, parents redshirt for many reasons having nothing to do with infantilizing kids, none of which are any of our concern.

Additionally, while redshirting is a likely explanation for the child in question’s age, it is not the only possibility, and again, it’s none of our business.  What may or may not have happened ten years earlier before the kid started K is irrelevant.  Whatever led to this point, the current situation is that a 15 yo freshman boy needs friends.[/quote]

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