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鈥淩edshirting鈥?nbsp;
is
a
term
that
comes
from
the
world
of
college
sports锛?/p>
describing athletes who are kept off the field until they develop certain
skills.They often sit out a year or more.Many parents with children ready
to start school have adopted(
鎺ュ彈
) the same line of thinking.They are
waiting until their children are 6 years old before sending them to
kindergarten.
Nationally
锛?/p>
there has been a jump in the percentage of kids that were
held
back.Only
9
percent
of
children
were
being
redshirted
back
in
the
mid
锛?/p>
1990s.By 2014
锛?/p>
16.4
percent of
children entering kindergarten
were 6 or
older
锛?/p>
according
to
the
National
Center
for
Education
Statistics.The
jump
likely
has
to
do
with
schools'
increasing
emphasis
on
academic
achievement
and parents' growing attention to their kids' emotional needs.
Lisa
DeLuna
wonders
whether
her
son
锛?/p>
Jacob
锛?/p>
might
have
benefited
from
being held back.He started kindergarten only weeks after turning 5
锛?/p>
and
he struggled to keep up so
cially and academically.鈥淗e seemed ready for
kindergarten
at
the
time
锛?/p>
but
it
wasn't
until
3rd
grade
that
things
really
began to get better for him
锛屸�?nbsp;she says.
On the contrary
锛?/p>
Anna Sandler has few worries about daughter Molly
锛?/p>
who is also a 3rd grader and the youngest in her class.Molly also has a
sister who just started kindergarten and she
锛?/p>
too
锛?/p>
is the youngest in her
class.鈥淚
didn't
hold
either
of
my
girls
back.They
both
have
good
language
skills and are actually quite tall for their ages.
When
Molly
was
in
2nd
grade
锛?/p>
her
handwriting
was
worse
than
others'.Now
锛?/p>
a year later
锛?/p>
her handwriting shows no difference
锛屸�漇andler says.