Why not? The kid was 12 years old, not 14. It's perfectly legal and the last time I checked it's his parents' right to do so. As a parent I completely understand doing whatever you can do to give your kid the best possible chance at success, provided it is perfectly legal. Which this is. All I'm saying is this is perfectly legal in every state in America. So the argument against it holds absolutely no water.
I'm not questioning the legality or the right of the parents to do what they think is best for their kid. Like many others, I'm just trying to understand the logic behind a decision like this.
I'm a parent too and agree with doing whatever you can to give your kid the best possible chance at success. I have a very young freshman wrestler (will be 14 til the end of the school year) and I'm sure that he would win more matches if he repeated the 8th grade this year versus taking his lumps as a young freshman, but I honestly don't think that would make him any more "successful" as a wrestler or as a person.
I guess we all just need to accept that people are going to define success in different ways and be comfortable with different ways of getting there.
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