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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know several middle-aged adult men who "failed" kindergarten back in the day and repeated. They are all now intelligent, contributing members of society. Red-shirting is simply taking away that year of "failure" by putting off K for a year.

"Redshirting" for sports reasons may be new, but holding kids back for academic or, more likely, social maturity reasons is not.[/quote]

Those same men now would almost certainly have been identified as ADHD or other LD and received support within the school system at their appropriate grade level.  You can argue over which method is better, but it's really not the same situation.[/quote]

I can't speak for all who went through this, but the ones I know would never have been identified as ADHD or learning disabled. All have advanced degrees and high-level professional jobs. They just weren't ready for K "on time."

And responding to an earlier PP, their parents held them back. At the recommendation of teachers, sure, but it wasn't a mandate.

I only know of 2 kids who were redshirted. One was especially interesting to me because it was 1 of a pair of twins - you'd better believe the parents thought that through long and hard before putting them in different classes. But it worked for those children. The problem with a hard and fast rule is that sometimes, the things that may cause a child to be held back are intangible - not necessarily a severe disability or anything like that, but even a delay in one area could be enough for a parent to think that holding the child back a year is the right choice.
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