we're just seeing red-shirting first hand here but at this point it helps us a bit. My daughter is in kindergarden with 2 children who are already six. My daughter and these two are grouped together for reading and other advanced topics. So without these two i wonder if they'd bother to do it just for my daughter. But i do find it annoying to talk to these moms about their "gifted" children who are actually quite typical but in the wrong grade!
irene