[teampaul]

I’m not gonna judge another parent, but from my personal experience a year of growth and strength for a boy makes a huge different. Imagine your 19 year old self playing your 15 year old self on any sport. It’s simply not fair.

This is a hot take but I feel like being held back is just a way of saying I don’t think my kid is good enough to play on their natural talent and have to get a leg up.

I understand lots of kids are held back. Many of my friends in school were holdbacks. But research shows now that a student who is retained in a grade is generally academically less successful than their peers who are not for the rest of their careers. They’re also significant less likely to graduate. To me this sorta gets rid of any “maturity” argument.

Just my opinion though.