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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would only hold back if the school said the child wasn't ready. It's in the school's interest to have kids in K who are ready for K.

I think often parents struggle to see their kids as ready for the next step. Especially when kids are still young we tend to see only what they can already do and not their potential for growth. I think it's good for the most part -- young children should be protected. But if you always default to waiting you can become bad at seeing how ready they are. Don't limit your kids.[/quote]

I love all the anti redshirt posters and your faux concern for the welfare of strangers’ children. As if you seriously believe that any child will suffer from being a redshirted. Why can’t you guys ever just be honest and admit that you don’t want your kids’ competition to have unfair advantages? [/quote]

By "your kids' competition" you mean "other kids in my kids' classes"?

That is quite a worldview.

PS I don't know if it counts as suffering, but I know parents who held their kids back and it wasn't great for the kids socially. Teachers are used to dealing with a range of academic abilities, so that part was fine. But recess was not. And yes, I am more concerned about how recess is for K-2 kids than I am about academics, which were never an issue for my kids. I realize not everyone has that luxury.[/quote]

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