Parents Redshirting Children to Gain a Competitive Edge in Youth ...

The latest trend among parents is redshirting children in order to give them a competitive edge in those same sports programs.

Parents Are Redshirting Kids in School for an Athletic Edge

Holding kids back to give them extra time to mature cognitively and socially is nothing new. Redshirting in kindergarten has been studied for ...

Why Parents 'Redshirt' Their Kids in Kindergarten - Education Week

Brown said many parents in his state, Texas, also redshirt their children to give them an advantage later on in athletics. The culture of high ...

Parents are Holding Their Kids Back in School to Make Them More ...

Redshirting in kindergarten has been studied for decades. (The term is borrowed from redshirting in college sports, the well-known practice of postponing a ...

Why do so many people redshirt their bright, normally-developing ...

Some people redshirt because they do not feel their children have the academic and/or social maturity to start Kindergarten.

Professor Weighs in on the Pros and Cons of Redshirting ... - News

Parents with children whose birthdays fall near the cutoff date for entering kindergarten are most likely to redshirt to avoid having them be ...

To parents who “redshirted” their kindergartners, do you regret or ...

Overall, kids develop at their own rates and have their own interest. Redshirting may give them a height advantage but they may never like ...

Redshirting: Should Your Child Delay Kindergarten/School Entry?

In this book, Gladwell claims that a child being relatively older than their peers provides an advantage. He points to data showing that nearly ...

Redshirt mom vs. Tiger mom -- seeking a competitive advantage?

Children are raised closer to the philosphy of Tiger mom rather than Redshirt mom. The belief, only with superb academic performance can ...

“Redshirting” : r/ScienceBasedParenting - Reddit

redshirting (starting first year of school 1 year later - which is different to repeating the first year) - may be beneficial for some children ...

Why do so many people redshirt their bright, normally-developing ...

I was the youngest in my grade (and graduated valedictorian), but I can see why parents would want their kids to be the older kids in the class.

Kindergarten Redshirting: How Kids Feel About it Later in Life

But when students in lower-SES schools are redshirted, they are often less academically successful later on, which could certainly impact the ...

The Truth About Academic Redshirting - The Fessenden School

Academic redshirting takes its name from a similar practice in college sports in which first-year athletes are kept out of competition to extend their ...

Kindergarten redshirting is popular, but is it necessary?

More and more parents are “redshirting” their young ... parents hold children back from kindergarten to gain competitive advantages, Dr.

Redshirting: Holding Them Back To Get Them Ahead - Erica Diamond

Parents are holding their kids back at record numbers, often to give their child a competitive advantage over their peers. It's the slight ...

Beyond the pros and cons of redshirting

Parents redshirt for a variety of reasons, typically because they fear their children aren't adequately prepared for kindergarten. The concern ...

Youngest Kid, Smartest Kid? What Does This Mean for Gifted ...

Though initially redshirting was common in sports, many parents began to consider it to give their child an academic edge as well; they chose to ...

Social Development Vs Sports: Redshirting for Your Child's Sake

Morley Safer at CBS News claimed parents would go as far as holding their children back a year in school to give them an athletic edge over ...

Redshirting: How parents hack kindergarten for recruitment

Redshirting allows children to develop more mentally, socially and physically. The child typically either repeats eighth grade at a different ...

Coffee Chat: Redshirting - Child(ish) Advice

These conversations reminded me of a study regarding an adolescent's life satisfaction based on their parents' decision to redshirt or not. In ...