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re: Start your sons to school a year late.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:23 pm to pelicanpride
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:23 pm to pelicanpride
This is the old John Curtis football trick.
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:26 pm to pelicanpride
I graduated HS at 17 (late birthday)
College at 21
Grad school at 23
Been working ever since and would strongly recommend AGAINST holding your kids back.
Unless you already know they will be socially awkward or a slow learner.
I know someone with a late birthday like me, parents held them back a year to start kindergarten, then they flunked 2nd grade (seriously) and had to repeat. This guy was 19 when he graduated high school (turned 20 later that year). Took him 6 years to finish college, going full time the whole way. Dude was like a month younger than me and finished college almost 6 years later.
College at 21
Grad school at 23
Been working ever since and would strongly recommend AGAINST holding your kids back.
Unless you already know they will be socially awkward or a slow learner.
I know someone with a late birthday like me, parents held them back a year to start kindergarten, then they flunked 2nd grade (seriously) and had to repeat. This guy was 19 when he graduated high school (turned 20 later that year). Took him 6 years to finish college, going full time the whole way. Dude was like a month younger than me and finished college almost 6 years later.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:26 pm to pelicanpride
I was one of the smarter kids in my class up until middle school. Our valedictorian was a male.
Is there anything to back what you are saying up?
Is there anything to back what you are saying up?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:26 pm to pelicanpride
It doesn’t matter - my son just graduated h s at 17 - when he went to kindergarten at 4 he was the biggest kid in class - I’m glad I didn’t wait 
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:26 pm to pelicanpride
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it’s all parenting, then why is it that the boys are the ones getting in trouble at much higher rates? I’m not saying that parenting doesn’t make a difference, but it seems obvious to me that boys are immature r
This has been the case forever. Why do you suddenly feel guilty about it? Do your honest best raising men, then there are no regrets.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:30 pm to Traveler
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he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class. Who is to blame for that?
He gets punished. His teachers know they can contact me directly, and I will discipline him for his behavior. I was a much more judgmental parent as well until I had my little rebel.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:30 pm to pelicanpride
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then why is it that the boys are the ones getting in trouble at much higher rates?
There’s this little thing called testosterone. Boys are aggressive. It’s natural; boys are boys.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:31 pm to pelicanpride
I agree. I went to college when I was 17. I wasn’t ready. My boys will graduate high school as 18 year olds.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:32 pm to GreenRockTiger
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It doesn’t matter - my son just graduated h s at 17 - when he went to kindergarten at 4 he was the biggest kid in class - I’m glad I didn’t wait
Did he get his brains from you or his daddy?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:32 pm to GreenRockTiger
It just depends on the kid. If our youngest was born 26 days earlier she'd be a SR this year. She's almost a year older than some of her classmates. She's light years more mature than my 2 nephews in the same grade but that all evens out around 18-20 imo.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:33 pm to jmh5724
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Im holding back Jhet and Kuttyr so they can be grade players for travel ball
The funny thing about sports is that, in high school and college, they want kids as old as possible, but it flips when they get to the pros and they want them as young as possible
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:35 pm to pelicanpride
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He gets punished.
If he is getting punished and continues to act up in class, maybe you need to evaluate your plan of discipline and possibly his emotional state as well, because something isn't working.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:35 pm to REB BEER
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There’s this little thing called testosterone. Boys are aggressive. It’s natural; boys are boys.
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Boys are boys. They mature, but more slowly. By the time they do, many have screwed things up academically. They aren’t less intelligent than girls, but they don’t regulate themselves as well as girls. This is all reflected in their academic success.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:37 pm to pelicanpride
Boys need to burn off all that energy. It is hard to learn when their heart is beating 120/min and foot is shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. Girls are a lot calmer. Boys need at least one hour of exercise to one hour of class.
Instead, they drug them to calm them down.
Instead, they drug them to calm them down.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:42 pm to pelicanpride
I agree. My sons bday fell such that we could've withheld him from starting school until following year. My reason is strictly for sports. He is currently in clinical phase in med school, he is a smart kid and made all district in two sports in high school. If he would've had another year physically to develop he possibly would have received an athletic scholarship.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:43 pm to chity
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Boys need to burn off all that energy. It is hard to learn when their heart is beating 120/min and foot is shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. Girls are a lot calmer.
I couldn’t agree more. I might take away most things from my son because of his behavior, but sports won’t be one of those things. I’m convinced that would make things worse.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:45 pm to pelicanpride
quote:you have a parenting problem, not a my kid started too early problem. what about all the other kids whose grades reflect their intelligence in spite of being the same age as the female classmates?
his grades don’t reflect that because he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class.
regardless, schooling isn't the end all be all.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:48 pm to pelicanpride
Structured daycare and parenting for the win! Babies start learning when they’re born. Adults hinder and stunt learning with culture, traditions poor parenting. Your kid isn’t the only dick in his class. Others just know and follow what they’ve been taught and allowed in different settings. Behavior isn’t a reason to hold a child back academically. Parent harder. Medical/mental conditions are often culprits.
PS my kids are bonafide assholes but know they’re expected to act accordingly.
PS my kids are bonafide assholes but know they’re expected to act accordingly.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:49 pm to pelicanpride
quote:and one year isn't going to close that gap, shite I was 28yo before I one day came to the realization I was a damn heathen
Girls are not kicking boys’ asses in school because they are smarter. They have the emotional regulation needed to do the work at an earlier age.
and still took me a couple more years to accept it
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:49 pm to pelicanpride
I have 0 faith that any kid that is very smart would actually be better off held back a year. He’s still the same person, he’s just with younger kids.
What happens when multiple people hold their boys back? Now they are back being the same. If your suggestion is girls should be ahead of boys in school, that ludicrous also.
What happens when multiple people hold their boys back? Now they are back being the same. If your suggestion is girls should be ahead of boys in school, that ludicrous also.
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