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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who don’t know, redshirting is the practice of delaying a fall-born child’s Kindergarten entrance until they’re almost 6 instead of almost 5. This is something I’m thinking about doing with my son, who will be 4 in November and will be eligible for Kindergarten in the fall of 2022. There are many studies that show that kids who are redshirted do better in school as well as later in life, and honestly, you don’t have to be a scientist to see why this makes sense. Kids who start older are going to be more mature and ready to handle the challenges of school. This means they’ll get better grades, get into better colleges, and get better jobs.

You’d think that based on this information, any parent with a fall-born child who could afford an extra year of daycare would redshirt without hesitation. But this is not the case. When I think of all people I know who have fall birthdays and are from affluent families, the vast majority started Kindergarten at 4. As tempted as I am to redshirt my son, I can’t help but feel that there must be a reason why so few parents do it.

If you have a fall-born child who you could afford to redshirt but didn’t, why not? And if you could do it over again, would you redshirt?[/quote]

From what I've read, it's not advantageous in the long run but does confer some advantages for a few years in early elementary. Nevertheless, it isn't rare at all here. It's downright commonplace, especially in the more affluent schools.[/quote]

A kid who has a November birthday and will be 4 at the start of kindergarten must be in NY or CT. I guess that person could do what is common in their area. On the other hand, since those dates are so outside of the norm for everywhere else that kid will be far younger than their grade peers across the country and much younger as a freshman in college. If that's going to be an issue then redshirt, but don't complain if you happen to move and all the kids are now 15 months older, you'll have to own the short sighted decision to send a 4 year old to kindergarten assuming nothing would change.[/quote]

What a dumb and thoughtless response. [/quote]

Ok, just cry harder about your young for age kid then.[/quote]

I want to congratulate you on another dumb and thoughtless response. Consistency is what you have. [/quote]

Do you have an actual point to make? I could no effs about your insults. You can't even be bothered to stay on topic.[/quote]

You “shine soccer?”[/quote]

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