The Boys has the bug

[Dirk Skene]

....... The last boy that bothered my son received a finger strike to the eyes, and has never bothered my son again. God Bless Tae Kwon Do..........
Jaybird

As a youngster I was in Tae Kwon Do also. The big difference in the use of it between adults & children is that we know how to differentiate between a real threat and something to be ignored. A child understandably views ALL of these episodes as serious and acts accordingly. Which we as adults rightfully call "overreacting." The strike to the eye was wrong. It was a small insult undeserving of such severe retaliation. But I am sure your 7 year old son did not see it as such at the time.

Personally I would see if your son's Tae Kwon do teacher could coach him on what is & is not necessary retaliaton.

I'll never forget what my teacher told us "If you can go your whole life and never physically harm anyone you are a good black belt"

[Kizmet]

My 15 year old son owns 2 kilts.

He's also a black belt in American Freestyle Martial Arts. He's 6'2". Nobody is going to bother him, he's simply too tall.

We have several young men in kilts at church. Prester John's 2 boys both wear kilts, and another kilted gent has a son with a passion for one. Another family is currently awaiting Grandma's production of three kilts for boys ages 11, 7 and 5. She's using the Ethnic Folkwear pattern to make them each one with a plaid fabric purchased locally in time for the Kirkin' o'the Tartans.

Considering the preteen jonesing going on at church, I don't think that these boys will have much of a problem once they get their kilts. They all are too excited about having them, and if anyone disses them, I expect it will be ignored.

I had expected a lot of teasing for my son, but none has developed that I've been told about. Prester John's boys seem to have no problems that I've heard about.

Long-winded to say: don't worry about it. Make sure your son wears a sporran and knows not to draw a weapon in a fight, should you give him a letter opener or an pint-sized knife. And post pics!

[herminator]

Just be glad your son has the guts!!
See here:
https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21944

[corbinj]

My son wears kilts,16 yrs old. he hasen't had many problems. i let him wear them anywhere he feels comfortable. the one serious problem he had was minor in my eye (his mom felt differently). Iver got sucker punched at school by a guy who's girlfriend was paying too much attention to Iver. kilt on

[Panache]

My son (the Mighty Sinbad) is 6 years old and he has two kilts, a Royal Stewart Sport Kilt and a Nicolson Tartan wool blend kilt my lovely wife made for him. My wife also has actual X Marks the Scott tartan waiting to be made into his next kilt. He hasn't had a lot of teasing, but then again last year his kindergarten class was used to seeing me kilted before he started.

Cheers

[Alan]

My son (8 years old now) has been wearing kilts for about 5 years now. He wears it whenever he likes. He wore it to school one day for show and tell. When one boy asked him why he was wearing a skirt, my son informed him that it was not a skirt, it is a kilt. He wore it all day even though we sent pants with him so he could change. He was 5 years old at the time. In fact all of my kids wear kilts. We all wore them to the Atlanta zoo this past summer and along with a few strange looks we got a lot of complements. Of course with the nature of my business, all my children want to wear kilts.

[TheSp8]

The strike to the eye was wrong. It was a small insult undeserving of such severe retaliation.

Bothered can cover a whole range, especially if a person tends to under state things. If the bothering included the other boy laying hands on Jay's son then I would view it as an acceptable response. If conflict can be avoided then fine, but there comes a time when you cannot honorably avoid confrontation. Once that point is reached, you make the point short and quick to end the situation, which it sounds like happened. Remember the old saying, the best defense is a good offense. I'd warrant that Jay's boy has had less trouble from others since that day.

Jay, the main problem I see with a son wanting to wear kilts is that his kilt wearing could cut into your kilt budget. The rest comes with growing up anyway.

YMOS,
Tony

[Big Dave]

I'm hoping to get my son his first kilt for Christmas, he'll be 2 in Jan. As for him wearing it to school, probably not. I can see if it's a speacial occation, like Remembrance Day, a Christmas thing or something along those lines. It's just not realistic to have them run around all day at school in a kilt. Now if he wants to wear it on the weekend or after school, then I don't see why not. It's not like he couldn't hold his own, he's a little thug , but it's just that kids do so much running around all day, I hate to say it , but pants for school just seem like a better option.

[arrogcow]

I'm hoping to get my son his first kilt for Christmas, he'll be 2 in Jan. As for him wearing it to school, probably not. I can see if it's a speacial occation, like Remembrance Day, a Christmas thing or something along those lines. It's just not realistic to have them run around all day at school in a kilt. Now if he wants to wear it on the weekend or after school, then I don't see why not. It's not like he couldn't hold his own, he's a little thug , but it's just that kids do so much running around all day, I hate to say it , but pants for school just seem like a better option.

I've just gotten my son (1 year old) his first, and I hope it arrives in time for Christmas Pictures.

Other than temprature (cold days) what isn't practical about him wearing the kilt to school? Little girls wear skirts all the time. It will wear out slower than pants (like toddlers wear their clothes out), and it makes it easier to change diapers.

Adam

[McClef]

I don't know how much provision can be made for growth every time you buy a kilt for a child but certainly they would grow out of it rather than wear it out.