Kindergarden Debate

The choice whether to delay your child's kindergarten year or start it early is a very big topic for parents. In the book we are reading for rogate  the author Malcom Gladwell states that children the have been "redshirted" (had their kindergarten delayed) have a accumulative advantage towards other students. In another New York times article neuro scientists Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt both agree in their Article that redshirting children is a bad practice used by parents. They claim that kids that started kindergarten early have an advantage over redshirted kids when it comes to reading and writing. They also claim that redshirted kids are less motivated in high school. I agree with Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt's theory that starting school late for kids is a disadvantage. In Sam Wang and Sandra Aamodt's theory they also stated that when children are 6 their brains are undergoing massive changes. They argue that since the brain development can not be put on hold, there should be content available to support the brain growth. Which I think is very important because the kids will be using their brains for the rest of our lives and that stage of development is the most important one we will undergo in our lives.