Augie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 one will be in kindergarten next year but will still have to go to after school care. Wouldn't it be better to just get him/her a part time job? I know, it might be minimum wage, but it's money in instead of money out. Serious question that matters on the money front.....what birth month typically determines/separates when you start school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Our oldest is a June birthday and we just finished her redshirt year. Was a tough decision, but figured she'd be better Off being older. I agree-- seems like the trend these days. This redshirting has become a dangerous practice in some of the school districts I've worked at. Not starting late, but parents fighting to have their children retained in kindergarten. It seems to be mostly related to gaining an advantage in sports (as silly as that sounds). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Our oldest is a June birthday and we just finished her redshirt year. Was a tough decision, but figured she'd be better Off being older. I agree-- seems like the trend these days. This redshirting has become a dangerous practice in some of the school districts I've worked at. Not starting late, but parents fighting to have their children retained in kindergarten. It seems to be mostly related to gaining an advantage in sports (as silly as that sounds). My oldest is off to college this year as a college freshman. Her birthday is August 5th, and we struggled with what to do when she turned 5, but chose to start her in September right after she turned 5. We were lucky in that she was heading to private school, and based on the testing they did prior to admittance they had no doubt she was ready. The testing BTW is a classroom setting for two half days to see how the kids interact with other kids, the teachers etc..not based on intelligence scores etc. Looking back on it, emotionally and academically it was the right decision, never had an issue with either that was out of the ordinary. Athletically, maybe another year would matter, maybe not. Think it matters more with boys as they are still growing at 17 ..girls not so much. She is going where she wanted to go and excited about swimming, so all worked out in the end. Now my son is in 10th grade, and a late March birthday, and we sent him at 5 as well. He plays lacrosse, and started in 9th grade JV, but not 10th. The 9th graders that moved up and took several starting spots were all older than the 10th graders who lost spots... very weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I have one child and it's $1,600 a month for daycare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 our daughter's daycare is $300 a week. the kicker is that we really don't need her to be there over the summer, but they charge you for holding her spot. same goes if days we don't have her there...we pay no matter what. i've just come to terms that this will always be a cost. i'm going to send her to the local public school until 5th grade, then she goes to the all girl school after that. care/educational bills are just going to be a thing for the next 20 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 This redshirting has become a dangerous practice in some of the school districts I've worked at. Not starting late, but parents fighting to have their children retained in kindergarten. It seems to be mostly related to gaining an advantage in sports (as silly as that sounds). Growing up in Buffalo, most of the kids I knew attended one of the K-8 Catholic grade schools. I remember that a few of the families elected to send their boys who were good at sports to Nichols to repeat the 8th grade before sending them to HS. Purely for athletic reasons. I am not sure if Nichols still allows that, but they did at the time (I think they were the only one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) Growing up in Buffalo, most of the kids I knew attended one of the K-8 Catholic grade schools. I remember that a few of the families elected to send their boys who were good at sports to Nichols to repeat the 8th grade before sending them to HS. Purely for athletic reasons. I am not sure if Nichols still allows that, but they did at the time (I think they were the only one). They call that re-classing now! Michigan's starting QB, Wilton Speight, did that at my kid's school a few years back..but he repeated 12th grade . All in a hope to get better offers, and it worked! Edited August 7, 2017 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 (edited) They call that re-classing now! Michigan's starting QB, Wilton Speight, did that at my kid's school a few years back..but he repeated 12th grade . All in a hope to get better offers, and it worked! or did it? Just kidding scUM fans Edited August 7, 2017 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 All this day care talk and the cost makes me happy I have decided to not have kids, with a lot of treads left on my kid breeding years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I have one child and it's $1,600 a month for daycare. Is that in WNY? There seems to be a big spread here in costs. My grandson is $250/wk or $13,000/yr (at the VERY nice Gardner school in Nashville) vs your $19,200. That's almost 50% more than what we pay....I feel better! But then I see some for significantly less than what we pay.... . Is this regional? In home vs more school like settings? There were some less expensive church type options but they ended around 3:00pm and THAT doesn't work. I guess it pays to shop around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Daughter's day care is Boston area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Daughter's day care is Boston area Not much cheap in Boston... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Every case is different, and we all do the best we can with the information at hand. That's all we can do, then we hope and pray for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) No costs. The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." We both have full time jobs and are +500 miles from the nearest relative. But, raising very young children was like 10-20 years ago, children are now 19 & 15. Children were always with one of us at all times up until school age. My wife is straight days (management) and I am swing shift (labor)... LoL... Ain't that the truth! At times we were "two ships passing in the night." At times, but mostly all together as a family. Flexible jobs and family-friendly employers help. It was tough @ times... But our job is still not done. No rest for the wicked! Strange how it all works out. People asked how we swung it. I am not really sure how we did, but we did and still do. I wish I was on the schedule I am on now back than... Would have been that much easier! 12 hour days now (vs. 8 back then), 3 days a week and one 8 hour every two weeks. I have such a surplus of leave, that I take the 8 hour day off every two weeks and still carry 6 weeks of vacation on the books. It's like I am part time, but get paid full time. Every month I get a stretch of 8 days off in a row too. Just gotta work the odd hours (like now) and the few weekends... Actually, get more Sundays off now than I ever did. Through the years and continuing now, we've had so much family time, sometimes too much. Every case is different, and we all do the best we can with the information at hand. That's all we can do, then we hope and pray for the best. This!!!!! And never resent! Always do your best and pay it forward. Edited August 8, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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