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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Redshirting is a huge advantage for boys both socially and with sports in middle and high school. Other parents will be mad because your son is bigger and more developed than theirs, but I would gladly do this for a March birthday boy.[/quote]

You’re stupid. Plain and simple. [/quote]

Wow, thanks. Sophisticated argument there. There is tons of data about how the oldest boys allowed on a team are likely to develop sooner and outperform, getting more playing time and reinforcing the advantage. If your son isn't athletic I don't see much of an advantage to red shirting, beyond the social skills and maturity. It is widely understood to be an advantage for athletes though.[/quote]

They aren't developing sooner.  They are developing before the kids in the same grade as they are a year [b]or two[/b] older.[/quote]

No one is 2 years older than kids in the same grade. If March bday kid is redshirted (which would be the earliest bday I’ve ever heard of redshirting), they’d be AT MOST 1.5 years older than a few other kids in their grade (if you live somewhere w a September cut off…some privates have august or even July cut offs in which case the March bday kid could possibly be 16-17 months older than the youngest kids in the grade). There are not kids who are actually 24 months older than other kids in the same grade.[/quote]

Maybe not 2 years, but more than 18 months definitely possible. Unusual and I was surprised. [/quote]

Yeah I don’t believe that you know any kids more than 18 months apart in the same grade. That is not believable and you are exaggerating (unless you’re talking about a kid w special needs)[/quote]

NP but the entire premise of this thread is a school wanting to redshirt a March birthday. Well if he is redshirted, he would be 18 months older than any August birthdays in the class. So obviously it can happen. And according to OP, her son doesn't have special needs.

It's just weird to accuse someone of making up a scenario that is literally the scenario OP is proposing.[/quote]

March (month 3) is actually not 18 months before august (month 8). Another math genius..[/quote]

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