The Pros and Cons of Holding Your Child Back for School or Sports
Should I Hold My Child Back a Grade? The Pros and Cons of Holding Your Child Back for School or Sports Should I hold my child back a grade? Otherwise known as Reclassing. It’s a question more parents are asking, especially when sports are involved. You may hear it called a holdback, redshirting, repeating a grade, or reclassing. The basic idea is simple. A child stays in the same grade for another year, often with the hope of being more prepared academically, socially, physically, or athletically. For some families, it can make sense. For others, it creates problems they didn’t