Redshirting: Should Your Child Delay Kindergarten?
Today we're discussing the research behind redshirting - delaying kindergarten or school entry for a year. This seems to be an increasingly popular trend for giving your child a competitive advantage.
The growing popularity of redshirting may have been started by Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling book, Outliers, which claims that a child being relatively older than their peers provides an advantage.
But what does the research say?
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Parenting Translator is hosted by Dr. Cara Goodwin and is produced by Earfluence.
Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD, is a child psychologist and mother to three children who "translates" research on parenting and child development into information that is accurate, relevant, and useful to parents.
The growing popularity of redshirting may have been started by Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling book, Outliers, which claims that a child being relatively older than their peers provides an advantage.
But what does the research say?
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Sign up for the Parenting Translator Substack, and follow along on Instagram.
Parenting Translator is hosted by Dr. Cara Goodwin and is produced by Earfluence.
Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD, is a child psychologist and mother to three children who "translates" research on parenting and child development into information that is accurate, relevant, and useful to parents.
