The article I read was about parents holding their children back a year before going to kindergarten. The term they referred to was red shirting your kid; just like in college where so many freshman athletes are not played their first year in order to build maturity. The same principles apply to parents holding their child back.

I found the article to be very well written. There were many statistics that made the article interesting and the stats were able to support the article. I found it very interesting that the older kids in each grade were 10% more likely to go to a four year school.

 I think the article pulls the reader into the story and allows the reader to determine if they agree with red shirting or not. I myself do not agree with holding your child back because I personaly would not want to be a year older then everyone in my grade.