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

toypup wrote:
> I don't believe in red****rting for social reasons because all the 
> parents here cite that as the reason for red****rting their boys when all

> it is is boys being boys.  They are not late socially, they are on time,

> just more energetic and the adults can't deal with it.  

Not necessarily.  My son that was not red ****rted but repeated (due to 
academics) really benefited socially.  That is/was just developmental 
and maturity and how he played and interacted because he isn't hyper at 
all.  He is not all that energetic.  There is more to the social scene 
then just activity.  I'm not totally disagreeing with you because I'm 
not convinced that he wouldn't have caught up socially on his own and 
now high school might be really hard for him because of his age.

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Nikki, mama to 4 boys.