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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a friend who redshirted her boys. Of course now she complains that they are bored at school. [/quote]

Thanks because schools have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior and maturity, but refused to provide academic content. [/quote]

[b]They don't have unreasonable demands on young boys behavior[/b]--any more than they do for young girls.  Some Malcolm Gladwell devotee parents look for any excuse to redshirt, and then humblebrag that the school isn't challenging there kid who is 18 months older than their peers, which is a huge chunk of a kid's life when they're in the early elementary school years.  [/quote]

You have no knowledge of child development if you believe this.[/quote]

The demands on five year olds is age appropriate.  The problem is preschools and parents are not preparing them with the current preschool models.  [/quote]

And irrespective of whether the "demands" of kindergarten are appropriate, public schools don't kick out misbehaving 5 year olds.  They have to meet every kid where they are.  I'm not speaking about kids who are truly struggling--at that point the school is often the one who suggests to hold the kid back.  But some upper middle income parents just can't accept that their "less mature" child may be in the middle of the pack, so they prefer to red shirt them so they have an unfair advantage over their younger peers.  [/quote]

+1 This.  You don't see poorer families trying to redshirt, even when the developmental rationale is there.  [/quote]

Developmentally delayed kids who are in PEP and other MCPS programs are not allowed to be held back.  So, many of the parents holding back are creating their own narratives to do so.  They should be required to show kids who are in a specialized preschool for developmental delays and engaging in OT, PT, SLP, or ABA, or a combination.  [/quote]

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