Did read countless studies in connection with work. Rich kids are no different than anyone else. If you are looking for studies to support this is wrong you may find one or two but there are hundreds that support these theories over the last 30 years. Simple solution is don't hold a kid back until you make an informed decision and speak with the proper professionals.

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Rick kids are part of the studies too. Do you think it is bad advice to ask medical and school professionals to do an assessment and give an opinion before a kid is held back? The truth is no professional would advise to hold back for sports.

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This is just one of many studies that range from kids having trouble with academics to kids held back for sports or other reasons. This study happens to be 2003 but there are many current ones. This has all the buzz words to do your own internet search to reach your own conclusion. But the overwhelming number of studies from the 90s to present show that holding a kid back for any reason results in social, academic and psychological problems from the time of holdback or shortly thereafter through being an adult. As it said in the 2021 thread before you hold back a kid or Reclass talk to a professional in school or psychology not a lacrosse coach for advice.

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This was on the 2021 thread but also can be posted here about hold backs:


There are countless studies that support this. Not only as adults but also as kids there are self-esteem issues and many other long term issues that result. An older kid looks and acts different compared to younger kids in his grade. Also you are telling your kid he can't compete with kids his own age. The mind is very complicated. The seeds you plant indirectly by holding back are harmful. Find this study below and go on the internet and search some of these terms and you will see holding back results in many problems.

2003 "Position Statement on Student Grade Retention," the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)concluded:

* Academic achievement of kids who are retained is poorer than that of peers who are promoted.
* Achievement gains associated with retention fade within two to three years after the grade repeated.
* Retention often is associated with increased behavior problems.
* Grade retention has a negative impact on all areas of a child's achievement (reading, math, and language) and socio-emotional adjustment (peer relationships, self-esteem, problem behaviors, and attendance).


2003? Was this targeted at prep school lacrosse kids, being that it pre-dated modern day club lacrosse? Was this study for inner city basketball and football? Private school kids that did prefirst or repeated a middle school grade don't qualify for this study, dude!


The vast amount of studies have nothing to do with affluent lacrosse kids. But hey whatever fits your model, go with it.


So you read the study? It discussed affluent suburban kids? You really read the study? Maybe not the same one I read, because nowhere did they discuss affluent suburban children. They discussed inner city kids in NYC, Detroit and a couple of other real lax hot beds.