The amazing thing about DCUM anti-redshirt discussions is that no matter how they start, by the end of the thread the pure unmitigated crazy of the anti-redshirters is on full display. We are now about ready for the natural law anti-redshirter to tell us about how kids born in Sept-Dec are redshirted because they violated the natural law by being born in the fall of an academic year, or to hear the mom who knows of 22-year-old high school seniors. I am hoping to hear from both. Maybe we can even get a sighting of the private school mom who wanted to file a lawsuit against the private school she paid her kid to go to because her child was too small for the kindergarten fair rides!

It’s why these threads are so entertaining. The crazy always leaks out. Always.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

100% pedantic in every single post. You’re a snoozefest dear. Deep breath and unclench! Have a margarita.

While you are drinking your margarita and ignoring your delayed kid, we are helping ours so they can succeed.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

That’s the best you can do. Instead of holding back we make sure our kids get what they need to be successful. If your kid needs help holding back and time may not fix things and delaying help only makes it harder on the kid.

Cool, now how about you just mind your business? You help your kids and let others help theirs.

The problem is these families are hoping age will fix the problems and sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, but may aren't getting their kids help and just ignoring the situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very pro redshirting, but just for summer babies. Someone in my mom's group is redshirting a January baby and that's wild to me. No special needs either.

Why should it be ok for one birthday and not another. It all makes no sense.

Because we accept that development isn't hard or fast on a set schedule. We know babies hit milestones at different times, they don't roll over, pull up, crawl, walk, eat solids, potty train, learn to ride a bike, read, or do many other things at the exact same time, especially up to puberty. Why is kindergarten start supposed to be some hard cut off? It's not even the same across states. The only people acting like there is a line in the stand that shall not be crossed are here.

Milestones are not even equal and the point of K, is so they can gain the social and academic skills. It's impossible to guess when your child will hit puberty but you really want them to hit puberty a year or two before other kids? That doesn't seem good.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

That’s the best you can do. Instead of holding back we make sure our kids get what they need to be successful. If your kid needs help holding back and time may not fix things and delaying help only makes it harder on the kid.

Cool, now how about you just mind your business? You help your kids and let others help theirs.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

100% pedantic in every single post. You’re a snoozefest dear. Deep breath and unclench! Have a margarita.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

If you have to tell people you’re funny, you’re not. It’s clear you’re socially awkward and have a hard time with people. You’re wildly overestimating your sense of humor.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

When you hold back for no good reason you hurt your kid.

That's a lie and you know it. You're convincing no one. If you actually believed what you say there would be no debate.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very pro redshirting, but just for summer babies. Someone in my mom's group is redshirting a January baby and that's wild to me. No special needs either.

Why should it be ok for one birthday and not another. It all makes no sense.

Because we accept that development isn't hard or fast on a set schedule. We know babies hit milestones at different times, they don't roll over, pull up, crawl, walk, eat solids, potty train, learn to ride a bike, read, or do many other things at the exact same time, especially up to puberty. Why is kindergarten start supposed to be some hard cut off? It's not even the same across states. The only people acting like there is a line in the stand that shall not be crossed are here.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

That’s the best you can do. Instead of holding back we make sure our kids get what they need to be successful. If your kid needs help holding back and time may not fix things and delaying help only makes it harder on the kid.

Anonymous wrote:I'm very pro redshirting, but just for summer babies. Someone in my mom's group is redshirting a January baby and that's wild to me. No special needs either.

Why should it be ok for one birthday and not another. It all makes no sense.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.

When you hold back for no good reason you hurt your kid.

They don’t because (1) school definitely don’t mind redshirting- they prefer it, if anything and (2) no one cares about this IRL- have rarely heard it discussed outside of DCUM or online articles

I'm very pro redshirting, but just for summer babies. Someone in my mom's group is redshirting a January baby and that's wild to me. No special needs either.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a Sep 1 cut off. My kid’s kinder class of 20 kids has three 7 year olds. I’m just wondering why the schools don’t make it a little harder to hold back if you’re a school year birthday. I don’t even care about summer or late spring but socially it is a big gap for my own child to be with peers that much older. One is prone to bossing them around and teasing. Why don’t the schools require a medical reason for people holding kids who have birthdays that far from the cut off? I’m not talking about the kids who are 2m from the cutoff but kids who are 6+ months.

OP, public school funding is based on either enrollment or attendance depending on the state or district. That means public schools will do whatever it takes to get more butts in seats, including turning a blind eye to undesirable effects of excessive redshirting.

It is indeed a vast funding conspiracy that only brave anti-redshirters forge forward to disclose. You’ve discovered the secret. It’s probably Soros’ fault, somewhere.

You're unhinged. But cool that your HS junior can buy beer I guess?

+1 totally unhinged! People are saying it’s annoying and a distraction in the classroom. No one has taken it to the level you have. You lack major social skills and an inability to read the room. Work on that… teach your children those skills too so they won’t have the same issues you do in life. Redshirting was not the answer.

You both are wholly unable to recognize mockery aimed at anti-redshirters. It is actually pretty funny to watch anti-redshirters talk about social skills, which they clearly lack. I also think it’s funny how you insist that anyone who thinks the anti-redshirters are absolutely ridiculous must have redshirted. No, we are just mocking you for your absurdity. No need to be a redshirting parent to see the ridiculousness here.