As a parent, there are many different ways to help your child succeed. In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, he discusses how the players on a high-level hockey team benefited from being redshirted. The players on the hockey team were the oldest players of that year. The players on the team were held back a year to ensure they had an advantage over the other players. Redshirting applies to children all over the country via sports, school, and the child's future. Redshirting allows children to do more than what they could have before, if not held back. Redshirting should be allowed in the American education system. Redshirting a child will lead to an improved future for other children their age. There are many advantages to redshirting
