Are you going to skew things to your kid's advantage?

- that is what redshirting is about


(... as always, SN community, it doesn't apply to you)

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Anonymous wrote:Redshirting is the right move for kids who are delayed or have specific problems. If not, it's a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity.

why the eye roll?

Why do you think?

oh my god sorry I read it wrong. I thought it said "it's not a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity." clearly i need my eyes examined. (I actually do)

I should've added - that based on what it does say - roll away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Redshirting is the right move for kids who are delayed or have specific problems. If not, it's a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity.

why the eye roll?

Why do you think?

oh my god sorry I read it wrong. I thought it said "it's not a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity." clearly i need my eyes examined. (I actually do)

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a November birthday and was always the youngest. It was never a hindrance academically or socially. My children are September birthdays and started on time. Both of them would be bored to death if they were a class behind. Redshirting is out of control and for most people totally unnecessary.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.

I was the youngest and I hated it.

I was the youngest and I loved it. Still held back our son though.

I was the youngest, and I didn't care either way. Moral: different people are different.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.



I was the youngest and I hated it.

I was the youngest and didn't think anything of it, but that's who I am. I was relatively mature. My son is the youngest and is unfortunately, emotionally immature. Thus, we redshirted him, and he still gets teased for crying too much in K.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a November birthday and was always the youngest. It was never a hindrance academically or socially. My children are September birthdays and started on time. Both of them would be bored to death if they were a class behind. Redshirting is out of control and for most people totally unnecessary.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.

I was the youngest and I hated it.

I was the youngest and I loved it. Still held back our son though.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Redshirting is the right move for kids who are delayed or have specific problems. If not, it's a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity.

why the eye roll?

Why do you think?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a November birthday and was always the youngest. It was never a hindrance academically or socially. My children are September birthdays and started on time. Both of them would be bored to death if they were a class behind. Redshirting is out of control and for most people totally unnecessary.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.

I was the youngest and I hated it.

I redshirted my daughter and I believe it's absolutely the best thing we've ever done for her.

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Which is why most people don't do it. Its only privates around here and some higher SES publics.

And I always wonder about redshirting complaints from people who send their children to a private school. This is a school that you choose to pay a lot of money to, so that your child can go there! If you're so upset about its redshirting policies, why are you doing that?

I think parents who are new to the environment don't realize it's the trend.

Additionally, for me a lot of my frustration is based on Kindergarten now being inappropriate for the age of children who are meant to attend. We're not graduating high school seniors who are more educated. In fact, our colleges are saying they are having to provide more and more remedial classes. So what's the point of making the early grades age inappropriate if there is no long term benefit? If HS had become the new BA/BS, then I could perhaps understand. But it hasn't. It's gone the other direction.

The million dollar question. I believe the answer is "they think it does, even though studies show it doesn't."

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Anonymous wrote:

Which is why most people don't do it. Its only privates around here and some higher SES publics.

And I always wonder about redshirting complaints from people who send their children to a private school. This is a school that you choose to pay a lot of money to, so that your child can go there! If you're so upset about its redshirting policies, why are you doing that?

I think parents who are new to the environment don't realize it's the trend.

Additionally, for me a lot of my frustration is based on Kindergarten now being inappropriate for the age of children who are meant to attend. We're not graduating high school seniors who are more educated. In fact, our colleges are saying they are having to provide more and more remedial classes. So what's the point of making the early grades age inappropriate if there is no long term benefit? If HS had become the new BA/BS, then I could perhaps understand. But it hasn't. It's gone the other direction.

Anonymous wrote:

Which is why most people don't do it. Its only privates around here and some higher SES publics.

And I always wonder about redshirting complaints from people who send their children to a private school. This is a school that you choose to pay a lot of money to, so that your child can go there! If you're so upset about its redshirting policies, why are you doing that?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a November birthday and was always the youngest. It was never a hindrance academically or socially. My children are September birthdays and started on time. Both of them would be bored to death if they were a class behind. Redshirting is out of control and for most people totally unnecessary.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.

Which is why most people don't do it. Its only privates around here and some higher SES publics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Redshirting is the right move for kids who are delayed or have specific problems. If not, it's a selfish move based on entitlement and insecurity.

why the eye roll?

I'm a November birthday and was always the youngest. It was never a hindrance academically or socially. My children are September birthdays and started on time. Both of them would be bored to death if they were a class behind. Redshirting is out of control and for most people totally unnecessary.

It's okay to be the youngest. Someone has to be.