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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has a March birthday and while we did not redshirt, we had several people telling us it would only benefit him. We are in private school though and most summer birthdays are redshirted and therefore my March birthday son is usually one of the youngest in the class.[/quote]

My friend with kids in a southern private school redshirted them and they have Jan and Feb birthdays.  I was shocked that people would do this for kids without need (which hers do not have).  And her kids are really tall too![/quote]

Yes we have family in Texas and redshirting for spring and even sometimes winter birthdays is really common. I was also shocked to learn how rampant it is. My August birthday kid went on time and it's funny to think about her graduating high school and going to college at the same time as kids who are nearly two years older. They will turn 20 before the end of their freshman year of college![/quote]

Texas is obsessed with hs football.[/quote]

PP here and it's not just football. Most of the people redshirting in Texas don't have kids in football. But they do redshirt for advantages in other sports. But I also think it's just become part of the culture and now people do it even when they aren't obsessed with athletic potential. It's just become normalized in some towns and suburbs that most kids start K at 6 or almost 6. It's just funny for me to think about this with a kid who is young for the age in a district in DC where redshirting is all but unheard of, because eventually these kids will wind up at colleges and grad schools and in workplaces together.

I don't think it will matter that much, but I think back on my own college experience and I do think people would have looked askance at a 20 year old freshman. Not necessarily outright judgment (college kids tend to be kind of cynical, or they were when I was there, which gets in the way of that kind of judging) but kind of like "what the what."

On the other hand, I also assume a kid like that would be a popular candidate for sophomore year housing shares because they'd be able to legally buy alcohol significantly earlier than most other kids, which would come in very handy.[/quote]

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