Anonymous
Post 07/24/2015 09:49     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:Red shirt if you can regardless of the circumstances. Red shirting gives those kids an enormous advantage for the rest of their lives.


What is the advantage? My kid is bored and acts silly in class to entertain himself as he's working far above grade level. He's also with much younger kids so he'll often behave that way to fit in.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2015 09:46     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Six- my husband bought that stupid gladwell book.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 11:01     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:Red shirt if you can regardless of the circumstances. Red shirting gives those kids an enormous advantage for the rest of their lives.


troll
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 08:32     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
5.5 and almost 6 (missed VA cutoff by days)
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 08:02     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine was 22. I wasn't sure whether to red shirt him but each year he seemed a little too immature and I was afraid the other kids would sense his immaturity. He is clearly smarter than all the other kids but he's small and I didn't want his first school experience to be a bad one. I hope nobody has a problem with a 23 year old 1st grader.


+1 Same with toilet training. We waited until he was 16 and showed all the "signs of readiness".


16 is such a terrible age for it! Right in the middle of teenage defiance. I say, if it's not done by 9 or 10, just wait until they're 18.


Oh you are all so clever...


Clever in this case equaling dumbass.


Well yes. I was being sarcastic.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 07:31     Subject: Re:What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
5 yrs., 8 mo

5 yrs, 6 mo
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 06:35     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:Red shirt if you can regardless of the circumstances. Red shirting gives those kids an enormous advantage for the rest of their lives.


Please provide the evidence that supports your opinion.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 06:27     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Red shirt if you can regardless of the circumstances. Red shirting gives those kids an enormous advantage for the rest of their lives.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 00:33     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine was 22. I wasn't sure whether to red shirt him but each year he seemed a little too immature and I was afraid the other kids would sense his immaturity. He is clearly smarter than all the other kids but he's small and I didn't want his first school experience to be a bad one. I hope nobody has a problem with a 23 year old 1st grader.


+1 Same with toilet training. We waited until he was 16 and showed all the "signs of readiness".


16 is such a terrible age for it! Right in the middle of teenage defiance. I say, if it's not done by 9 or 10, just wait until they're 18.


Oh you are all so clever...


Clever in this case equaling dumbass.
Anonymous
Post 07/23/2015 00:26     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
6 years, 1 month
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2015 16:56     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
DS1 -5, turned 6 beginning of October
DS2- 5, turned 6 midNovember
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2015 15:59     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Girl, 5 years and a few weeks. She did and is still doing great, FWIW, even though she is usually the youngest in her class.

Boy, 5 years, 7 mos.
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2015 23:10     Subject: Re:What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
6
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2015 19:30     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mine was 22. I wasn't sure whether to red shirt him but each year he seemed a little too immature and I was afraid the other kids would sense his immaturity. He is clearly smarter than all the other kids but he's small and I didn't want his first school experience to be a bad one. I hope nobody has a problem with a 23 year old 1st grader.


+1 Same with toilet training. We waited until he was 16 and showed all the "signs of readiness".


16 is such a terrible age for it! Right in the middle of teenage defiance. I say, if it's not done by 9 or 10, just wait until they're 18.


Oh you are all so clever...
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2015 08:58     Subject: What age was you child when they started kindergarten?
Four, he turned five about a week later. Socially he's been fine. Academically he is way, way ahead of the other kids.