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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a September child who was “redshirted” and just graduated from HS. So very glad we did it. Zero regrets. DC was not even close to be being the oldest kid in his class. He had one kid who was a late summer birthday in his class and was not held back, and his mother expressed regret for not redshirting him. The kid was smart and did well in school, but was always less mature than his peers, and it mattered. Teachers are very annoyed by the kid that is less mature than his classmates, even if the kid is academically gifted and behaving appropriately for his age. Don’t listen to those who say that this doesn’t matter in MS and HS. It matters more. Boys already grow and hit puberty at different rates, and it sucks to be the smallest kid in your class that still looks like a little boy when everyone else is shaving. If your kid is 6 months to a year younger than everyone else, you’ve made it a strong possibility that this will be your kid. At the end of the day, you may not have much of a choice — IME, private schools accept very few boys with birthdays earlier than October, and many have October 1 as their birthday qualification date. [/quote]
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