Re: study of red****rting (late entrance to kndergarten)

Banty wrote:

> Red****rting and retention is forever.  Parents think of their big boys
having a
> leg up on somewhat younger boys in the s****ts field or the playground;
teachers
> think of the slightly misfit kid in an early grade fixing himself in and
extra
> year then assume he'd be flying along swimmingly the next decade or so. 
But
> what's really happening is that little 5 to 7 year old turns into a
bearded and
> bored junior high and high schooler out of step with his younger grade
peers. 
> And a 19 or even 20 year old in his senior year when all this peers are
in
> college or have jobs, and the pull of the real world is pretty strong.

While I agree with you I want to point out (defensively, lol) that not 
all, probably not even most, parents have such superficial reasons for 
considering red-****rting.

It is an extremely difficult decision.  I did it with both of my boys. 
Well - one repeated a grade and the other was red-****rted.

They are both still really young.  The jury is still out on #1 on if it 
was the right choice.  He repeated.  I already know it was a mistake for 
#2.  It was one of those parenting mistakes where you get scared because 
you've already made mistakes, don't know what to do anymore, listen to 
other people, and make even more mistakes.

I have two more.  Wonder if I can ever get it right.