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I'm an "anti-redshirter" because of this study. I have a socially immature 4.5 year old who will be starting K this fall. Being happy about OP redshirting her mature/advanced 5 year old is silly.

While Canada, that does not redshirt, has found that the youngest children are most likely to be diagnosed ADHD, it seems clear to me that redshirting would exacerbate that rather than ameliorate it, as you seem to say.[/quote]

OP is probably a troll. But are you saying that you'd insist that a parent with a 4.5 year old who is worried about ADHD misdiagnosis send their child on time? Even in the face of the numerous studies (there are more than one) that show what this Canadian study shows? What do you think those parents should do?

It may be clear to you that a wider age range in classrooms exacerbates rather than ameliorates the problem, but as far as I know (and I have read nearly every study I can find on this topic), that [i]hasn't[/i] been yet shown as an impact. It might be the case and the studies just haven't been done yet. But there are also arguments that a wider age range ameliorates the problem because teachers stop having expectations that all children act as if they are the same age. Neither theory has been proven statistically yet, but just because you feel something is the way it is, doesn't mean it's going to be borne out in the actual statistical analysis. 
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I'm in VA, which does not allow early entry. So a wider range of ages would only skew expectations "older". And for a fall birthday, to decide to redshirt, seems misguided but probably not an issue on a wider scale.  Redshirting a May child is very problematic, imo. But we can agree to disagree.[/quote]

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